Call for proposals: British Council consultant

According to the British Council, the purpose of this fixed-term consultancy is to help the SSA Arts senior management team to create opportunities, develop and deliver a year-long business development portfolio, which is strategically aligned with the Global Arts and SSA cultural engagement strategies. 

“The consultant will be liaising as required with the existing partnership team in the UK and in local offices as appropriate,” the British Council said. “The consultancy will also be contributing to the cluster and regional programme based planning process and looking for potential opportunities beyond the current networks of partners the British Council currently holds.”

Required documents

The following documents should be submitted to nadine.patel@britishcouncil.org and andrew.juma@britishcouncil.org in copy:

• Curriculum Vitae (maximum of two pages) along with your offer.
• Relevant sample of previous work of the same nature as this brief.
• Provide the full cost of your proposal, including a breakdown of costs. All pricing must be provided in £GBP and must include VAT (if applicable).

To find more info about all the requirements, read and fill in this form and send to Nadine and Andrew together with the above-listed documents. The deadline for submission is 21 September.

Requirements

As part of the tender response, applicants must confirm that they meet the mandatory requirements as set out in the British Council’s specification forming part of this request for proposal (RFP). A failure to comply with one or more mandatory requirements or constraints shall entitle the British Council to reject a tender response in full.

Below are some of the requirements:

• At least three years' partnership development or business development experience.
• Experience working at international level.
• Experience in working on an arts project.
• Experience in writing partnership and/or business development reports (preferably for an arts project).
• Experience in developing and delivering staff training.
• Experience of developing and delivering staff training.

Applicants who have any concerns or queries in relation to the contract, should submit a clarification request in accordance with the provisions of this RFP. The deadline for queries submissions is 7 September. The British Council will respond to clarification questions by 14 September.

Applicants should compile the following requirements when summiting a response to this RFP:

• Please ensure that you send your submission in good time to prevent issues with technology (late tender responses may rejected by the British Council).
• Do not submit any additional supporting documentation with your RFP response except where specifically requested to do so as part of this RFP.
• PDF, JPG, PPT, Word and Excel formats can be used for any additional supporting documentation (other formats should not be used without the prior written approval of the British Council).
• All attachments/supporting documentation should be provided separately to your main tender response and clearly labelled to make it clear as to which part of your tender response it relates.
• If you submit a generic policy/document you must indicate the page and paragraph reference that is relevant to a particular part of your tender response.
• Unless otherwise stated as part of this RFP or its annexes, all tender responses should be in the format of the relevant British Council requirement with your response to that requirement inserted underneath.
• Where supporting evidence is requested as ‘or equivalent’ you must demonstrate such equivalence as part of your tender response.
• Any deliberate alteration of a British Council requirement as part of your tender response will invalidate your tender response to that requirement and for evaluation purposes you shall be deemed not to have responded to that particular requirement.
• Responses should be concise, unambiguous and should directly address the requirement stated.
• Your tender responses to the tender requirements and pricing will be incorporated into the contract, as appropriate.

NB: Please read the original British Council call for all details associated with this tender proposal.