Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-05
Buyer: British Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Submission deadline: 2020-04-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The British Council is currently seeking a suitable provider to deliver a flexible and robust eAssessment platform from which we can run our British Council owned Aptis test. The Aptis test is managed by the global assessments team which sits within the English and Exams Strategic Business Unit (SBU), one of the three business streams within exams, alongside IELTS (jointly owned with Cambridge English and IDP Australia) and distribution services (facilitating exams delivery on behalf of 100 plus UK awarding bodies and universities). Global assessments develops and delivers British Council originated assessment products and services with the strategic objectives of (1) diversifying the BC exams portfolio and (2) building wholly owned branded tests which are delivered direct to market across a range of government, educational and corporate sectors.
The Aptis test is managed by the global assessments team which sits within the English and Exams Strategic Business Unit (SBU), one of the three business streams within Exams, alongside IELTS (jointly owned with Cambridge English and IDP Australia) and distribution services (facilitating exams delivery on behalf of 100 plus UK awarding bodies and universities). Global assessments develops and delivers British Council originated assessment products and services with the strategic objectives of (1) diversifying the BC exams portfolio and (2) building wholly owned branded tests which are delivered direct to market across a range of government, educational and corporate sectors. Global assessments is backed by assessment research and its own advisory board and has gained a global reputation for the integrity and reliability of its English language tests. Aptis is British Council’s flagship English language testing product, going live in August 2012 and now delivered across major markets (Saudi Arabia, China, India, Americas and Europe) and increasingly extending out into new country markets. Aptis is now an established accepted global test of English language proficiency increasingly accepted by schools, colleges, universities and other intuitions as a high quality, cost-effective means of testing large-scale populations including school, college and university entrants, students and teachers and used for a variety of entry, proficiency, exit and accreditation purposes.
The contract awarded will be for a duration of 3 years with an option with an option for up to 2 extensions, each for 2 years. The overall maximum contract duration could therefore be seven (7) years.
Suppliers who wish to express an interest will be required to register on our eTendering portal InTend hosted at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil Once registered, bidders must log-in to the website where they can view the project and access the documents and submit their return. A non-disclosure agreement will need to be signed and returned to receive the tender documents.