Award

UK_994 - Managing Your Wellbeing When Studying in the UK MOOC

  • British Council

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-008719

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e3e7 (view related notices)

Published 2 February 2026, 8:14am



Scope

Description

The Managing Your Wellbeing When Studying in the UK MOOC is a part of the British Council’s commitment to the wellbeing and mental health of our prospective and current students. The course will help them proactively build good self-care habits to support their wellbeing and mental health and help them help themselves as well as signposting them to resources and external organisations who will be able to support them, outside of their individual universities.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £19,648 excluding VAT
  • £23,577 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Award decision date

30 January 2026

Earliest date the contract will be signed

31 March 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 1 April 2028
  • 2 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80300000 - Higher education services
  • 80200000 - Secondary education services
  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
  • 80400000 - Adult and other education services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Information about tenders

  • 2 tenders received
  • 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Supplier

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, United

Newcastle

NE1 7RU

United Kingdom

Region: UKC22 - Tyneside

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

British Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHTN-1551-GCQH

1 Redman Place

London

E20 1JQ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Gabriela Grigore

Email: gabriela.grigore@britishcouncil.org

Website: http://www.britishcouncil.org

Region: UKI41 - Hackney and Newham

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government