Contract Award: Exams Venue Hire in Oskemen, Kazakhstan
Summary
The British Council has awarded a contract for venue hire services to "BEST" Education Centre in Oskemen, Kazakhstan, for computer-delivered exams. The contract value is £178,448 excluding VAT and runs from March 2026 to March 2028, with an option to extend.
What changed
This notice announces a contract award by the British Council for venue hire services to support computer-delivered exams in Oskemen, Kazakhstan. The contract, valued at £178,448 excluding VAT (£207,000 including VAT), has been awarded to "BEST" Education Centre. The contract duration is from March 3, 2026, to March 2, 2028, with a potential extension of up to four additional years.
This is a standard procurement notice for a service contract. While it involves a UK public authority, the service is being procured in Kazakhstan. Regulated entities involved in government contracting, particularly those operating internationally or seeking to provide services to UK public bodies abroad, should note the details of this award. No specific compliance actions are required for external parties based on this notice, as it reports on a completed procurement action.
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Exams venue - Oskemen
- British Council UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-025517
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-060f16 (view related notices)
Published 20 March 2026, 2:36am
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Description
British Council Kazakhstan is entering into an agreement for venue hire services to deliver its computer delivered exams in Oskemen, Kazakhstan.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £178,448 excluding VAT
- £207,000 including VAT Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
2 March 2026
Contract dates
- 3 March 2026 to 2 March 2028
- Possible extension to 2 March 2032
- 6 years Description of possible extension:
option to extend 4 additional times annually (1+1+1+1)
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
Event services
Contract locations
- KZ - Kazakhstan
Signed contract documents
Partner Testing Point AgreementBESTBilingual_.pdf
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Supplier
"BEST" Education Centre
UstKamenogorsk city, the Street named after K. Kaissenov, building number 34, the ground floor
Oskemen
070002
Kazakhstan
Email: Suzan.Asik@britishcouncil.org
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: Suzan Dogru Asik
Email: Suzan.Asik@britishcouncil.org
Website: https://www.britishcouncil.org
Region: UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
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