UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking a single supplier to Contract for the next iteration of its Digital Testing Environment (DTE). To assist the FCA in achieving its goal of being an agile, innovative, confident, and data-driven regulator we are inviting vendors to tender on the build and licencing of the Digital Testing Environment (DTE). The DTE will aim to facilitate firms at early-stage ideation with access to data, within a secure environment that facilitated experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts. This will become form a part of FCAs external and potentially internal innovation services. Full details available in the Tender Documents available via the link provided in this Notice.

The Authority's existing contract for it's e-tendering tool is coming to an end in January 2023. To prepare for this, the Authority is seeking to enhance its capabilities in the disciplines of sourcing, contract lifecycle management (including performance management) and supplier and risk management. This will be realised through the implementation of a new configurable Digital Procurement Tooling (DPT) tool(s) that will join up the above disciplines and integrate with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool (the current provider is Workday,Inc. which is used for HR and Finance (including Procure to Pay, this tool is referred to as "P2P System")). The new DPT tool(s) and integrations will enable efficient and effective governance of the end-to-end procurement lifecycle and contract and supplier management.

The Authority’s existing contract for it’s e-tendering tool is coming to an end in January 2023. To prepare for this, the Authority is seeking to enhance its capabilities in the disciplines of sourcing, contract lifecycle management (including performance management) and supplier and risk management. This will be realised through the implementation of a new configurable Digital Procurement Tooling (DPT) tool(s) that will join up the above disciplines and integrate with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool (the current provider is Workday,Inc. which is used for HR and Finance (including Procure to Pay, this tool is referred to as “P2P System”)). The new DPT tool(s) and integrations will enable efficient and effective governance of the end-to-end procurement lifecycle and contract and supplier management.

The successful supplier will provide a portal for employees to select benefits as part of their employment package. They will also identify and onboard benefits providers and perform brokerage services for insurance related benefits (e.g. Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Assurance etc.).

The requirement is for a Supplier to independently assess candidates as part of our Head of Department and Director recruitment processes. The Supplier must be able to assess candidates against criteria provided by the FCA (both in terms of a specific leadership skills framework and more role specific), as well as the broader market, to offer a judgement on the suitability of those candidates against a particular role or level more generally. The Supplier will provide a report and make recommendations to mitigate any transitional risks. In cases where there is more than one candidate the Supplier is expected to make a recommendation as to the most suitable candidate. The Supplier will also be expected to provide detailed feedback to all candidates assessed.

The successful supplier will provide a portal for employees to select benefits as part of their employment package. They will also identify and onboard benefits providers and perform brokerage services for insurance related benefits (e.g. Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Assurance etc.).

The requirement is for a Supplier to independently assess candidates as part of our Head of Department and Director recruitment processes. The Supplier must be able to assess candidates against criteria provided by the FCA (both in terms of a specific leadership skills framework and more role specific), as well as the broader market, to offer a judgement on the suitability of those candidates against a particular role or level more generally. The Supplier will provide a report and make recommendations to mitigate any transitional risks. In cases where there is more than one candidate the Supplier is expected to make a recommendation as to the most suitable candidate. The Supplier will also be expected to provide detailed feedback to all candidates assessed.

The current Handbook website is maintained by a third-party Contractor who provides the following services (including but not limited to the following): •publishing, consolidating and updating content on the FCA Handbook website; •ongoing development and technical support to improve the design and/or usability of the website, based on user feedback; •providing management information to the FCA to enable them to monitor the service; •providing Handbook content to licensees who have an agreement with the FCA that they can use the Handbook material; and •offering a print subscription service (or similar) for subscribed users. The scope of this tender is to secure the services of a successful bidder to create, host, maintain and manage the FCA Handbook solution and provide a range of supporting services to replace the existing services.

The current Handbook website is maintained by a third-party Contractor who provides the following services (including but not limited to the following): •publishing, consolidating and updating content on the FCA Handbook website; •ongoing development and technical support to improve the design and/or usability of the website, based on user feedback; •providing management information to the FCA to enable them to monitor the service; •providing Handbook content to licensees who have an agreement with the FCA that they can use the Handbook material; and •offering a print subscription service (or similar) for subscribed users. The scope of this tender is to secure the services of a successful bidder to create, host, maintain and manage the FCA Handbook solution and provide a range of supporting services to replace the existing services.

The FCA is looking to procure an IGA system that will automate and streamline the joiners, movers and leavers (JML) processes, while integrating with the current authoritative systems (Workday and Active Directory - AD) and will enable the onboarding of critical applications and improve the management of timely recertification of access for these applications. The FCA is interested in significantly improving efficiencies within its existing IGA capability. The main opportunity that has been identified is to reduce risk through improved identity governance, improved access review, consistent processing of joiners, movers and leavers (JML) and assured compliance with rules for segregation of duties and other policies. In addition, there are opportunities to increase efficiency through reduction of manual work and duplication of effort and to increase effectiveness through real-time working and consistent, repeatable processes.

The FCA is looking to procure an IGA system that will automate and streamline the joiners, movers and leavers (JML) processes, while integrating with the current authoritative systems (Workday and Active Directory - AD) and will enable the onboarding of critical applications and improve the management of timely recertification of access for these applications. The FCA is interested in significantly improving efficiencies within its existing IGA capability. The main opportunity that has been identified is to reduce risk through improved identity governance, improved access review, consistent processing of joiners, movers and leavers (JML) and assured compliance with rules for segregation of duties and other policies. In addition, there are opportunities to increase efficiency through reduction of manual work and duplication of effort and to increase effectiveness through real-time working and consistent, repeatable processes.

The FCA's Digital Intelligence Exploitation Department is retendering its social media listening tool, the current contract expires February 2023. The Department requires a tool that can search various feeds and provide information that can be used to understand trends that have the potential of impacting the financial eco system. The contract will be for 2 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years on a 1 plus 1 basis.

The FCA's Digital Intelligence Exploitation Department is retendering its social media listening tool, the current contract expires February 2023. The Department requires a tool that can search various feeds and provide information that can be used to understand trends that have the potential of impacting the financial eco system. The contract will be for 2 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years on a 1 plus 1 basis.

The FCA is seeking to appoint a single supplier in relation to the following requirement. The FCA is establishing a contractual mechanism to provide Records Management and Related Services to the FCA for a period of six years starting from 1 May 2023, with an option to extend for a further period of two years. The supplier will be required to provide Records Management services to the FCA’s estate, which currently comprises of offices located at 12 Endeavour Square, Stratford, London E20 1JN where approximately 4,000 staff are located. There are currently separate offices in Edinburgh at Quayside House, 127 Fountainbridge, EH3 9QG and Leeds 6 Queen Street, LS19 6BG. The Contract will be owned and managed by the FCA, with provision for it to be used by itself and any person or company authorised by the FCA to receive the Services including without limitation the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).

The FCA is seeking to appoint a single supplier in relation to the following requirement. The FCA is establishing a contractual mechanism to provide Records Management and Related Services to the FCA for a period of six years starting from 1 May 2023, with an option to extend for a further period of two years. The supplier will be required to provide Records Management services to the FCA's estate, which currently comprises of offices located at 12 Endeavour Square, Stratford, London E20 1JN where approximately 4,000 staff are located. There are currently separate offices in Edinburgh at Quayside House, 127 Fountainbridge, EH3 9QG and Leeds 6 Queen Street, LS19 6BG. The Contract will be owned and managed by the FCA, with provision for it to be used by itself and any person or company authorised by the FCA to receive the Services including without limitation the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).

Request for Quotation (RFQ) for additional compute resources to augment an existing cluster. Additional information: To view this notice, please click here: https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=739458136

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is pleased to invite expressions of interest (EOI) to participate in preliminary market consultations, in accordance with Regulation 40 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The FCA is looking for Supplier expertise and knowledge to refine requirements for the provision of services for Application Development, Application Maintenance and Modern Application Development including transformation services. The FCA currently has a Framework Agreement that is used to place call-off contracts for Application Development and Maintenance Services, as well as augmented services aligned to Modern Application Development. The FCA is seeking to contract by establishing a Framework Agreement with multiple partners who have demonstrable capability and expertise, that will support continued delivery of the technology change portfolio, maintain or improve the stability and performance of services; while helping the FCA in its ongoing DevOps, agile and transformation journey. The FCA is seeking to create a 4-year multiple Supplier Framework Agreement. Suppliers successfully appointed to the Framework Agreement will be engaged to provide specific Services through use of call-off contracts. The Lots and full scope of the Services will be subject to preliminary market consultation. The purpose of this PIN is to identify Suppliers who may be interested in partaking in supplier events, responding to an RFI and submitting a proposal for the requirement upon commencement of a procurement.

The supplier will develop and deliver a development programme for employees newly appointed to senior leadership roles (Head of Department or Director level).

The supplier will develop and deliver a development programme for employees newly appointed to senior leadership roles (Head of Department or Director level).