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# Financial Trading

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-trading-ocds-h6vhtk-02cee0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield Hallam University: "Financial Trading". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield Hallam University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-hallam-university-urn-133871)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Higher education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,850,500 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cee0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-trading-ocds-h6vhtk-02cee0#tl-md)

## Description
Sheffield Hallam University has contracted with a provider to deliver or support the delivery of both level 5 and level 7 Ofqual registered Financial Trading qualifications as modules which are integrated into established Undergraduate and Post Graduate Financial Trading courses at the University. The provider will deliver or support the delivery of their qualifications nationally and internationally with the potential to expand the scope of the contract into other complimentary areas.
The contract is for a five year term plus any applicable cohort run-off period(s) and is for teaching delivery commencing in June 2023. There will be the right to break at the end of year 3 of the potential 5 year term.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE, UKI

- **Description:** The contract with the provider is to deliver or support the delivery of independently accredited, Ofqual registered level 5 and level 7 financial trading qualifications as a component / module of a wider University Undergraduate and Postgraduate cour...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 016696-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Zishi Cornerstone Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PVDP-1988-GTQL`
  - Value: £1,925,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 024966-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Zishi Cornerstone Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PVDP-1988-GTQL`
  - Value: £1,925,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 016696-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,925,000
  - Signed Date: 23/05/2023

- **Contract:** 024966-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,925,500
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016696-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-13T11:05:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:05:47.660Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cee0