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title: "British Computer Society (BCS) Licenses"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ab"
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# British Computer Society (BCS) Licenses

Buyer: Financial Conduct Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ab

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078143-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 10 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £35,850 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Financial Conduct Authority |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E20 1JN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham |
| Local authority | Newham |
| Electoral ward | Stratford Olympic Park |
| Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BCS Learning & Development Ltd (British Computer Society) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98112000 - Services furnished by professional organisations

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 14:23 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078143-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078143-2026
  17th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bcs.org
- http://www.fca.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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