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British Computer Society (BCS) Licenses

Financial Conduct Authority

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17 Aug 2026 at 14:23

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Financial Conduct Authority is procuring access to the RoleModelPlus platform from the British Computer Society (BCS) for its workforce skills management needs. The service hosts and manages skills frameworks, including SFIAplus, and supports the creation and maintenance of role profiles aligned with those frameworks. It enables individuals to assess and benchmark their capabilities against defined role profiles, supporting skills development, career progression and data-driven workforce planning. The requirement is classified as services from professional organisations (CPV 98112000). The buying organisation is the Financial Conduct Authority, based in London, and delivery is across the United Kingdom. The scope also supports skills-mapping activity through the platform.

This procurement has been completed and awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. The contract was awarded to BCS Learning & Development Ltd (British Computer Society) on 10 August 2026. The contract was signed on the same date and runs from 10 August 2026 to 31 July 2027. Its value is £35,850 excluding VAT, or £43,020 including VAT. The buyer has included two options to extend the arrangement, each for 12 months, giving a maximum possible end date of 31 July 2029. An additional option supports skills-mapping activity. The procurement comprised one completed lot, and the resulting contract remains active. The awarded supplier is based in Swindon.

This award demonstrates established demand from a UK financial regulator for specialist workforce skills-management technology and structured professional frameworks. Suppliers seeking comparable future work would need to provide a platform capable of hosting and administering recognised skills frameworks, including SFIAplus, while supporting detailed role-profile management. Credible providers should also be able to let users assess and benchmark their capabilities against defined roles, with outputs that support skills development, career progression and workforce planning. The requirement favours suppliers with strong experience in skills architecture, digital assessment, role profiling and skills mapping, together with the operational capacity to support a large public authority across the United Kingdom. Understanding regulated-sector workforce needs would strengthen a competing proposition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

British Computer Society (BCS) Licenses

Notice Description

Access to the RoleModelPlus platform is required to host and manage skills frameworks (including SFIAplus), and to create and maintain role profiles aligned to these frameworks. Requirement to enable individuals to assess and benchmark their capabilities against defined role profiles, supporting skills development, career progression, and data-driven workforce planning.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ab
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078143-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98112000 - Services furnished by professional organisations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£35,850 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
10 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 6-12 months
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

BCS Learning & Development Ltd (British Computer Society)

Further Information

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