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Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Financial Conduct Authority

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

09 Oct 2026 at 15:44

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

08 Jul 2026 at 12:35

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

24 Mar 2026 at 12:32

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

06 Jan 2026 at 16:48

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

24 Dec 2025 at 11:55

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) bought an end-to-end early-careers recruitment process outsourcing service. The provider works with the FCA’s Early Careers team to manage candidate attraction, assessment, selection, offers and onboarding. The service is intended to improve process efficiency and candidate experience while maintaining compliance in the FCA’s regulatory environment, with governance, reporting and continuous improvement. This is recruitment and personnel placement, including assessment-centre services. Delivery is across the United Kingdom.

The procurement was awarded to Amberjack Global Limited following an open procedure. The award was made on 2 July 2026, and the contract was signed on 13 September 2026. Its value is £2.5 million including VAT. The initial contract period runs from 13 September 2026 to 13 September 2029, with the FCA able to extend it by up to two further years in two one-year extensions, potentially to September 2031. There was one lot. Evaluation weighted technical quality at 70% and commercial price at 30%. Fourteen bids reached the final stage, including ten from small and medium-sized enterprises. The contract value is an estimate; service volumes are not guaranteed.

This award shows that the FCA buys a joined-up early-careers recruitment service rather than isolated recruitment tasks. Suppliers seeking to compete when this requirement returns will need to demonstrate the ability to manage the full candidate journey, from attraction and assessment through selection, offers and onboarding, in close partnership with an in-house early-careers team. Credible providers will need robust governance and reporting, a focus on candidate experience and the capacity to maintain compliance in a regulated financial-services environment. The evaluation gave technical quality substantially more weight than price, so evidence of delivery approach, service quality and continuous improvement is commercially important alongside a competitive offer. The contract was awarded to an SME, and the tender attracted substantial SME participation, indicating that this scale of requirement was accessible to smaller specialist providers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Notice Description

The FCA is awarding a contract for an Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing(RPO) service. The RPO provider will deliver an end-to-end recruitment service, working in partnership with the FCA Early Careers team to manage attraction, assessment, selection, offer and onboarding activity. The RPO will be fundamental to process efficiency, candidate experience and compliance within the FCA's regulatory environment, supported by strong governance, reporting and continuous improvement. This will be a 3 year contract with an option to extend for an additional 2 years on a 1+1 basis. The estimated total value of the Contract for the initial 3 year term is PS1,500,000 including vat. The estimated total value for the full term, inclusive of any extension, is PS2,500,000 including vat. Please note, volumes under this contract are not guaranteed.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Contract shall be for an initial term of three (3) years, with an option for the Customer to extend the term by up to a further two (2) years, exercisable on a one-year plus one-year (1+1) basis

Planning Information

We are engaging the market to make providers aware of the upcoming retender of the FCA Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing. The objective of the pre-market engagement is to assess the market interest and gain insights into current market condition

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fd3f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095782-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79600000 - Recruitment services

79610000 - Placement services of personnel

79635000 - Assessment centre services for recruitment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,083,333 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,083,333 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,083,333 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£2,083,333 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Oct 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
22 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
31 Mar 2026Expired
Award Date
2 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
13 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Financial Conduct Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E20 1JN
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford Olympic Park
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Amberjack Global Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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