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title: "Provision of Design & Publication Services"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED"
published: "2023-04-18"
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# Provision of Design & Publication Services

Buyer: THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7809c63d-4742-4a6c-930c-ed0608336d07

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## Summary

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has awarded a contract for the Provision of Design & Publication Services. The FRC, located in London, aims to set high standards of corporate governance, reporting, and audit. The tender, under the services category, had a value of £725,000 and a three-year contract period starting on 18th April 2023.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses in design consultancy and printing services to work with the FRC. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete. The FRC is looking for partners to provide design and publication services, emphasising quality, innovation, and industry expertise. Interested businesses can register their interest with the FRC's Head of Procurement via email.

## Notice

THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE. The purpose of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to serve the public interest by setting high standards of corporate governance, reporting and audit and by holding to account those responsible for delivering them. Delivering on our purpose will bring a variety of benefits. Improved outcomes, created by each of our regulatory activities are shown in the circle; each of which can positively reinforce others in the circle and contribute to overall benefits for a wide range of stakeholders such as greater transparency, increased trust in UK markets and a lower cost of capital for companies. Our direct stakeholders include companies, institutional investors, auditors, actuaries, accountants and their respective professional bodies. Our indirect stakeholders include retail shareholders, suppliers, employees, customers, communities, pensioners and savers, and financial institutions, all of whom have an interest in the health of companies and other organisations within our existing and future regulatory scope and in the success of the UK corporate sector as a whole. THIS PROCUREMENT Since 2020 we have made great strides in creating an iconic brand that reflects our growing remit and responsibility as an effective regulator. In addition to creating high quality documents on an ongoing basis, we do intend to evolve further, looking for ways to innovate our existing content methods to improve them. Examples include exploring new layouts to make content more digestible, aligning better with accessibility standards, considering interactive PDF's or animation and so forth. We are keen to partner with an organisation that can help us take these next steps. Our requirement was to work with a quality focused external agency for our Design & Publication Services, and benefit from better practice industry knowledge and specialist expertise in designing assets and documents while supporting us with proof reading/content editing. The ideal organisation will provide stage-appropriate guidance on design-related matters. The services that we will require are grouped below: * Design and typesetting * Brand development * Guidelines support * Language services * Advisory THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE. Additional information: THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE. * This is a three year contract (with the option to extend for a further one year).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f55ead2-99de-4a4b-b6bb-542b7e04269a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Mar 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Apr 2023 |
| Contract period | 17 Apr 2023 - 17 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £920,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £725,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2Y 5AS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Bassishaw |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ETC COMMUNICATIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79415200 - Design consultancy services
- 79800000 - Printing and related services

## Release History

- 18 Apr 2023 at 09:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f55ead2-99de-4a4b-b6bb-542b7e04269a
- 6 Feb 2023 at 14:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18bc7819-a9b4-4252-b57a-f56e1e0bc3d1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f55ead2-99de-4a4b-b6bb-542b7e04269a
  18th April 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18bc7819-a9b4-4252-b57a-f56e1e0bc3d1
  6th February 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e55a6109-2941-4270-8480-1fe0ef7522e7
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cf301896-ec6b-4728-9536-08af4b9d0725
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/87dd23a4-6d7e-41fe-856e-706053eed1e4
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/41ea19d7-f818-45cf-8171-afb548e3fb38

## Notice URLs

- https://www.frc.org.uk

## Provenance

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