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title: "People Advisory Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f341"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "STUDENT LOANS COMPANY"
published: "2025-12-10"
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# People Advisory Support

Buyer: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f341

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## Summary

The Student Loans Company, a central government public authority, has concluded the procurement process for a contract titled "People Advisory Support." This procurement falls under the industry category of research services and is set to operate across the United Kingdom. The procurement followed a direct award method via the CCS G-Cloud 14 Framework. The contract, awarded to Gartner UK Limited for their extensive advisory and research capabilities in human resources, will commence on 1st January 2026 and conclude on 31st December 2027. The process was initially in the planning stage, marked by a market engagement with potential suppliers including Gartner UK Limited, before its completion and award stage on 10th December 2025.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses offering HR research and advisory services, particularly those that can provide robust support and tools for organisational transformation and strategic development. Companies equipped with advanced HR tools, best practices, and peer-informed insights would find this contract beneficial for business growth. Large-scale suppliers with capacity for continuous improvement strategies are well-suited to leverage the opportunities arising from this procurement, especially given the requirement to support the Student Loans Company's strategic goals and target operating model. The contract's optional variations, which can extend up to 50%, further enhance the prospects for long-term collaboration and business expansion.

## Notice

Subscription to a supplier offering services with research and advisory capacity that offer insights, advice and tools to achieve mission-critical priorities and help build successful organisations. Key requirements are : * Develop the skills and capabilities in HR Leadership to meet the future needs of the business. * Increase the capability of People SMT, introduce best practices and an ethos of continuous improvement. * SLC Wide Target Operating Model Review. We are seeking an ongoing advisory relationship and access to research covering the human resources sector to optimise delivery of our 3-year SLC people strategy and people aspects of the SLC wide 3 year transformation programme. Specifically, we are looking for:- * HR best practice, advisory support and HR tools, templates, maturity assessments and benchmarking data to accelerate success and mitigate against risk of mistakes. * Expert advice on leading the people and culture transformation is required to embed the new Target Operating Model and enable SLC's digital and strategic ambitions. * Build capabilities within the people Directorate to ensure success of transformation and delivery of organisational objectives * Provide unbiased, peer-informed insights and practical tools that simplify complexity, accelerate decision-making, and reduce risk.

### Planning Information

Engaged with Gartner UK Limited and Forrester Research on the basis of a G-Cloud 14 search where it was reduced down to their service offerings. Engaged with them on queries around their service offerings and pricing documents to see if they could fulfil our requirements from a HR/People perspective.

### Procurement Information

The process was undertaken via the CCS G-Cloud 14 Framework (Rm1557.14) Which was established through a compliant competitive procedure. The required services fall within the scope which were undertaken through objective filtering and evaluation of eligible suppliers on the digital marketplace. Two suppliers were then approached where it was realised that only one met the full specification of our requirements in terms of HR/People support.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081727-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Award date | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £258,800 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | STUDENT LOANS COMPANY |
| Locality | DARLINGTON |
| Post town | Darlington |
| Postcode | DL1 1RW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC33 Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Electoral ward | Red Hall & Lingfield |
| Westminster constituency | Darlington |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GARTNER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 10 Dec 2025 at 22:55 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081727-2025
- 10 Dec 2025 at 22:19 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081726-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081727-2025
  10th December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081726-2025
  10th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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