THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Companies House02486368 ↗Websitefrc.org.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
27 awarded tenders, 38 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board Effectiveness Review | 23 Oct 2026 | 23d | £75,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting7 procedures · 27% · 1 open73 Research and development services7 procedures · 27%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 15% · 1 open66 Financial and insurance services1 procedures · 4%80 Education and training services1 procedures · 4%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 26 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 96% (25 notices)
- Framework 4% (1 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Open 50% (13 notices)
- Limited / restricted 23% (6 notices)
- Route not published 15% (4 notices)
- Direct award 8% (2 notices)
- Selective 4% (1 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 26 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 7 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 2 | 7.4% | 2 | 2 | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Lancaster University | 2 | 7.4% | 2 | 2 | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Phoenix Software Ltd | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK TRAINING LIMITED | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| LPCHINA LTD | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| ASHURST PERKINS COIE RISK ADVISORY LLP | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 21 Aug 2026 |
| University of Warwick | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Willis Limited | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | 6 Jul 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 19% of 27 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 38 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| FRC2026-163 - Microsoft Enterprise Agreement | Phoenix Software Ltd | — | 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £825,000 † ≈ £275k/yr |
| Provision of Transcription Services | Epiq Europe Ltd | — | — | £252,000 † |
| Cyber Security Assessment and Cyber Enhancement Services | Pen Test Partners LLP | — | 1 yrs · up to 2 yrs | £156,300 † ≈ £156k/yr |
| Management Consultancy Service | ASHURST PERKINS COIE RISK ADVISORY LLP | — | — | £125,000 † |
| LinkedIn Talent Solutions Subscription | — | 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £115,425 † ≈ £38k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 15 of 38 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Research on the use of AI and other disruptive technologies in actuarial work | City St Georges University of London | 21 Dec 2026 | £79,551 |
| Research Services (Benchmarking the Value of XBRL and structured data in an AI-Driven Reporting Environment) | Lancaster University | 27 Jan 2027 | £67,500 |
| Cyber Security Assessment and Cyber Enhancement Services | Pen Test Partners LLP | 1 Mar 2027 | £156,300 |
| Research Services: Unlocking Barriers to Audit Technology | I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 27 Mar 2027 | £74,850 |
| FRC2026-036 - Executive Search | Saxton Bampfylde Hever Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £40,000 |
| FRC2025-121 - Culture Survey Report | I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 31 Mar 2027 | £67,464 |
| Professional Services | THREE PLUS CONSULTING LTD | 31 Mar 2027 | £24,999 |
Recent procedures
Latest 34 of 34 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Strategic Stakeholder Engagement support and servicesBusiness and management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 25 Sept 2026 | £348,800 |
| Research Services (Benchmarking the Value of XBRL and structured data in an AI-Driven Reporting Environment)Research and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 21 Sept 2026 | £70,000 |
| Research Services: Unlocking Barriers to Audit Technology | Awarded / complete | 17 Sept 2026 | — |
| Research Services for Pensions illustrations: presenting uncertainty and variabilityResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Planning | 28 Aug 2026 | — |
| Professional Services | Awarded / complete | 21 Aug 2026 | — |
| Management Consultancy ServiceBusiness and management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 21 Aug 2026 | — |
| Audit Qualification 2030: Structured interviews with non-PIE Audit firmsResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 22 Jul 2026 | £50,000 |
| Provision of Recruitment Agency ServicesRecruitment services | Open | 17 Jul 2026 | £700,000 |
| Insurance Brokerage and related ServicesInsurance brokerage and agency services | Awarded / complete | 6 Jul 2026 | — |
| Provision of Annual Employee (People) Survey ServicesStaff development services | Open | 8 Jun 2026 | £75,000 |
| Research on the use of AI and other disruptive technologies in actuarial workResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 20 May 2026 | £80,000 |
| FRC2026-163 - Microsoft Enterprise Agreement | Awarded / complete | 30 Apr 2026 | — |
| FRC2025-121 - Culture Survey Report | Awarded / complete | 29 Apr 2026 | — |
| FRC2026-036 - Executive Search | Awarded / complete | 29 Apr 2026 | — |
| Audit Qualification Literature ReviewResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 15 Apr 2026 | £45,000 |
| Cyber Security Assessment and Cyber Enhancement Services | Awarded / complete | 15 Apr 2026 | — |
| Literature review on the balance between publicly-listed and privately-held companiesResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 10 Mar 2026 | £40,000 |
| Digital Reporting Education & Outreach (DREO) Innovation sprint support.IT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 11 Feb 2026 | £35,000 |
| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System & ServicesIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 2 Feb 2026 | — |
| LinkedIn Talent Solutions Subscription | Awarded / complete | 30 Dec 2025 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£987k, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 20 award records on 20 procedures (19 to a single canonical supplier, 1 multi-supplier). 17 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 15 of 38 published contracts carry a period end; 7 end within 18 months, 4 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (2 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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