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BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

UK_1527 Corporate and Fine Art Insurance Brokerage Services

Financial ServicesCPV 66510000
Value£8,080,000
Deadline19 Oct 2026
Published21 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£8,080,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 21 Sept 202627 days leftCloses 19 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Global.Procurement@britishcouncil.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

First time registration, remains the same: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration To access once the supplier has been registered, this one has changed: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/login-supplier?tenant=BritishCouncil&langCd=en

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£8.1mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£8.7m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

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The brief

British Council is seeking brokerage services for our Lot 1 Centrally managed corporate insurance policy placement and Lot 2 Fine Art.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07769d
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tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
089236-2026
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