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Published 12 Jul 2025, 08:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HR Consultancy Support - Rewards

Official notice

Authority: DFT Operator Limited 'DFTO' (Central government)

Below threshold - limited competition
Awarded value£40,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 12 Jul 2025
Awarded to Alchester HR Consulting Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Within the reward area Human Resources has identified a need for strategic advice and support.

This project will support the transition to GBR and the reward strategy. The key components are:

  • Assess the DFTO senior roles in terms of overall size and remuneration benchmarking to inform pay decisions
  • Organise the DFTO roles into a grading and pay structure
  • For TOC executive and management level roles, develop a pay and grading architecture to facilitate transition to GBR and enable comparison of roles and overall levels of pay across TOCs.
  • Assessment of any misalignment between TOCs or potential areas of risk.
  • Reward strategy

As the strategy of DFTO evolves, a reward strategy is needed to support the business. As DFTO is a transition and temporary organisation the reward strategy will need to be flexible to adapt to evolving requirements as well as transfers into DFTO, each of which will significantly increase the headcount and scale of the Group.

The services described will support the GHRD, the HR team and TOCs in effective delivery of reward activities across DFTO.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
12 Jul 2025, 08:42 BST
Last source update
12 Jul 2025, 08:42 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039445
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    12 Jul 2025, 08:42 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £40,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alchester HR Consulting Ltd£40,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • HR Rewards Support · Alchester HR Consulting Ltd

    Signed
    12 Jul 2025
    Value
    £40,000
    Period
    14 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · up to 13 Jul 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    5 month provision of service which can be extended to 12 months

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DFT OPERATOR LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 07141122 · GB-PPON: PXPM-5448-GHBZ Waterloo General Office 2nd Floor, London, London, SE1 8SWContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ALCHESTER HR CONSULTING LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 13168741GB-PPON: PHWC-5263-TRHG 5 The Spinney, Launton, South East, OX25 6EPContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure

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