Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

Tender description

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 000 000 people face-to-face and more than 500 000 000 people online. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. The British Council is seeking to establish a global framework procurement solution for the manufacture/supply of British Council approved furniture to enable modern, flexible, efficient and cost effective workplaces for our staff and in our Educational classrooms. The British Council intends to launch a procurement through the OJEU restricted process to establish a global framework of manufacturers/suppliers. The global procurement framework will be structured to appoint a limited number of suppliers that can meet the requirements of the British Council’s global footprint, with solutions that are structured to enable efficient global access to furniture products and services that deliver value for money, quality and brand assurance across our varied estate. This procurement will replace the British Council’s current global furniture contract and be designed to deliver optimal furniture solutions for predominantly commercial office and educational furniture and associated equipment that will facilitate new working practices, improve service delivery and act as a catalyst for change.