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Crisis Response Media Training

Buyer: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) →

BuyerForeign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£450,000
Published1 May 2026

What is being bought

Crisis Management Media Training.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Education and training services 80000000Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will be reprocuring its requirement for Crisis Management Media Training this year. The estimated date for release of tender is June 2025. The requirement will be procured through the Government Commercial Agency's Learning and Development Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), RM6219. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Suppliers will need to be registered to the RM6219 DPS and be identifiable against the following DPS filters in order to be invited to the tender exercise: Service: Bespoke training. Learning Category: Coaching & Mentoring. Applied Training Filters: Specialist Training, Coaching. Closed (employer organisation only). “No Preference” to all other filters. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FCDO is not responsible for supplier registration. Suppliers will need to contact the Government Commercial Agency and follow its guidance. Suggested links: Government Commercial Agency website: www.gca.gov.uk Become a supplier on a Dynamic Purchasing System: www.gca.gov.uk/how-to-supply/dynamic-purchasing-system-dps Quick Supplier Guide (applying to become an appointed supplier on the Learning and Training Services DPS RM6219): https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.gca.gov.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FRM6219-Quick-supplier-guide-how-to-apply-v2.odt%3F_gl%3D1*gjq7du*_ga*MTQ5MDQyMDIwNi4xNzc1MDM3NDc3*_ga_SK4BZ95L7T*czE3NzY0MzcyMjAkbzE0JGcxJHQxNzc2NDM3MjI5JGo1NyRsMCRoMA..&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK In addition to registering to the DPS, the tender itself will be run using the FCDO's tenders portal (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) suppliers will need to register to it. Instruction appends the front page to this portal. Overview of the Requirement FCDO's Crisis Management Department (CMD) intends to procure professional media training services to support crisis preparedness training courses and semi-live crisis exercises in the UK and overseas. The service will provide a blend of theory, practical simulation, role-play journalist engagement, interview practice (including recorded interviews) and structured feedback for participants including senior leaders, communications staff and rapid deployment team members. Indicative scope includes delivery and support across the following outputs: - Crisis Leadership Course: classroom media theory and practical on-camera interviews; role-play journalist; immediate feedback; provide interview recordings. - Rapid Deployment Team Course: scenario-based immersive media simulation during field deployment; role-play journalists; provide equipment; feedback; support communications skills under pressure. - CMD-led large-scale semi-live overseas crisis exercises: pre-exercise training day(s) and practical exercise support; includes senior leader one-to-one interviews, smartphone filming/editing session, press/consular briefings, media injects, remote social media simulation, and post-exercise reporting/footage compilation. - Regional Crisis Advisor-led semi-live exercises: similar but smaller scale; typically one trainer in-country plus remote simulator support; some sessions may be delivered virtually. Ad-hoc support: webinars, operation of social media simulation, creation of mock news bulletins and mock newspaper front pages for exercises. Indicative delivery locations: - UK: London (FCDO King Charles Street) for Crisis Leadership Course elements; South of England (within 1 hour of Gatwick/Heathrow) for Rapid Deployment Team course at an external venue. - Overseas: Across the FCDO global network of Posts for crisis exercises (as required). - Remote/virtual: Some delivery may be via MS Teams and remote social media simulation. Indicative budget / contract: - £450,000 ex VAT over 3 years / 36 months.

Statusplanned

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 804,5082 median · 31.8 average (2,027 of 4,508 with a bid count)3.1 average (2,198 of 4,508 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,7361 median · 20 average (978 of 1,736 with a bid count)2.1 average (1,064 of 1,736 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3323 median · 4 average (9 of 332 with a bid count)1.3 average (10 of 332 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069005
Latest release ID040353-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 01 2026 09:23:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£450,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 May 2026planning040353-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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