Official UK procurement notice
Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
Authority: Financial Conduct Authority (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FCA is awarding a contract for an Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing(RPO) service. The RPO provider will deliver an end‑to‑end recruitment service, working in partnership with the FCA Early Careers team to manage attraction, assessment, selection, offer and onboarding activity. The RPO will be fundamental to process efficiency, candidate experience and compliance within the FCA’s regulatory environment, supported by strong governance, reporting and continuous improvement. This will be a 3 year contract with an option to extend for an additional 2 years on a 1+1 basis. The estimated total value of the Contract for the initial 3 year term is £1,500,000 including vat. The estimated total value for the full term, inclusive of any extension, is £2,500,000 including vat. Please note, volumes under this contract are not guaranteed.
CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment · Placement services of personnel · Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,083,333
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Dec 2025, 11:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
C4145- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026769- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fd3fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Bidders will need to register on the FCA's eProcurement system (Atamis) to respond to the Tender (atamis-fca.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗). Bidders should refer to the Atamis Supplier User Guide (services.atamis.co.uk/docs/Supplier_User_G… ↗) for further information. If issues are experienced in accessing Atamis or any documents within Atamis you should contract their dedicated helpdesk on 029 2279 0052 or email at [email protected]
Timeline
24 Dec 2025 → 9 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published301 days ago24 Dec 2025, 11:55 GMT
- Market engagement277 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
We are engaging the market to make providers aware of the upcoming retender of the FCA Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing. The objective of the pre-market engagement is to assess the market interest and gain insights into current market condition
- Tender notice published211 days ago24 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMT
- Next notice expected203 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by196 days ago8 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline182 days ago22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by127 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent106 days ago7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends92 days ago20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published12 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:44 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Dec 2025, 11:55 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jan 2026, 16:48 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £2,083,33324 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMTwas £833,332
- Status changed to active24 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMT
- Deadline published: 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST24 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMT
- Contract award notice published8 Jul 2026, 12:35 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Jul 2026, 12:35 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Oct 2026, 15:44 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
updating url link
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 6 Jan 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 24 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amberjack Global LtdSMEC4145 Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)13 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2029 · up to 13 Sept 2031Extensions: The Contract shall be for an initial term of three (3) years, with an option for the FCA to extend the term by up to a further two (2) years, exercisable on a one‑year plus one‑year (1+1) basis · Options: The Contract shall be for an initial term of three (3) years, with an option for the FCA to extend the term by up to a further two (2) years, exercisable on a one‑year plus one‑year (1+1) basis | £2,083,333 | 2 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
C4145 Early Careers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Amberjack Global LtdSME
- Signed
- 13 Sept 2026
- Value
- £2,083,333
- Period
- 13 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2029 · up to 12 Sept 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract shall be for an initial term of three (3) years, with an option for the FCA to extend the term by up to a further two (2) years, exercisable on a one‑year plus one‑year (1+1) basis
- Options
- The Contract shall be for an initial term of three (3) years, with an option for the FCA to extend the term by up to a further two (2) years, exercisable on a one‑year plus one‑year (1+1) basis
No agreed KPIs: The estimated contract value is below the £5 million threshold and therefore the statutory requirement to set and publish KPIs does not apply.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Amberjack Global LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender