Award

Provision of Leadership Development Training Services

THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

18 Nov 2025 at 12:49

Tender

30 Jun 2025 at 11:01

Summary of the contracting process

The Financial Reporting Council Limited, a public authority within the central government of the UK, has completed a procurement process for the provision of Leadership Development Training Services. This contract falls under the miscellaneous business services industry category, focusing on staff training and development. The procurement, initiated as an open competition, was part of an effort to enhance the leadership capabilities of senior personnel within the organisation. With key delivery locations in both Coventry and London, the tender stage concluded successfully with contract details published on 18th November 2025. The contract, worth £90,000 gross, runs from 18th September 2025 to 31st August 2028, with a possible extension up to 2029. The tender's process and status indicate that all procurement stages—planning, tender, and award—are complete.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses offering training services, especially those experienced in leadership development across diverse sectors, including public and financial services. It is particularly beneficial for SMEs and potential suppliers interested in providing innovative and effective leadership training solutions to public authorities. Businesses that can deliver a powerful blend of online, residential, and face-to-face training tailored to senior leadership challenges stand to gain exceptional growth prospects. The involvement of esteemed organisations like the University of Warwick and Global Knowledge Network Training Limited as key suppliers highlights the contract's potential for fostering collaboration across different industry sectors and enhancing business networks.

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Notice Title

Provision of Leadership Development Training Services

Notice Description

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries and sets the UK's Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. As the Competent Authority for audit in the UK, we set auditing and ethical standards and monitor and enforce audit quality. The purpose of the FRC is to serve the public interest and support UK economic growth by upholding high standards of corporate governance, corporate reporting, audit and actuarial work. Our people are our strength, and we have been working over several years to improve our culture, diversity and approach to leadership development. We require Leadership Development Training Services (specifically, for those in senior leader roles whether established, new recruited or newly promoted). We intend to have an additional supplier(s) for a structured programme of leadership development so that our senior leaders can engage with leaders at a similar job level/grade across other sectors and have the option to undertake this type of training in a residential as well as online setting. We have identified the need to appoint a preferred supplier(s) to facilitate the training needs of senior leaders within our organisation on a 'needs when' basis. Whether this be for established FRC leaders, those recruited into senior roles or those internally promoted into senior leadership roles. The aim of the leadership development is for the FRC delegate to develop and enhance skills which will enable them to lead in times of uncertainty and ambiguity and ensure organisational agility in an ever-evolving financial landscape. The programme should be: - * Established with a track record of successful learning outcomes * Experience of designing and delivering leadership programmes across the public, regulatory and financial services sectors * Commitment to cross sector diversity * Applicable for all leaders at senior level * Referencing to the importance and impact of good practice around Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DE&I) * Relevant and Focused (on key leadership challenges and skills), not necessarily sector specific * Developing skills including, but not limited to, effective communication, creating high performing teams, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, strategic planning and execution, personal influence, digital savviness and future proofing. * Open/public cohorts to enable cross sector/organisation interactions (i.e. not just FRC delegates) * Option of different delivery methods, face to face / online / residential with mixed delegate groups. (i.e. not just FRC delegates) * Proportionate in terms of length / time commitment. 9 months maximum * Cost effective * Create a safe space on the programme for delegates to share leadership challenges * Provides a structure to enable delegates to embed learning/action planning * Provides opportunity to hear from very senior leaders across a range of sectors about leadership * Provides a mechanism to build and develop networks after conclusion of the programme and keep in touch with provider

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Additional leadership and development services if required.

Renewal: For a further 12 months. (Please note the cost of the proposed extension is not included in the original total estimated value).

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0555ba
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074744-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

80511000 - Staff training services

80520000 - Training facilities

80530000 - Vocational training services

80540000 - Environmental training services

80590000 - Tutorial services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£75,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£75,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£75,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
28 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Sep 20255 months ago
Contract Period
17 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED
Contact Name
Head of Procurement
Contact Email
procurement@frc.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 (0)20 7492 2300

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 9GE
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
TLG31 Birmingham, TLI London

Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Blackwall & Cubitt Town
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK TRAINING

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

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