Official UK procurement notice
People Advisory Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Student Loans Company (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSubscription to a supplier offering services with research and advisory capacity that offer insights, advice and tools to achieve mission-critical priorities and help build successful organisations.
Key requirements are :
- Develop the skills and capabilities in HR Leadership to meet the future needs of the business.
- Increase the capability of People SMT, introduce best practices and an ethos of continuous improvement.
- SLC Wide Target Operating Model Review.
We are seeking an ongoing advisory relationship and access to research covering the human resources sector to optimise delivery of our 3-year SLC people strategy and people aspects of the SLC wide 3 year transformation programme. Specifically, we are looking for:-
- HR best practice, advisory support and HR tools, templates, maturity assessments and benchmarking data to accelerate success and mitigate against risk of mistakes.
- Expert advice on leading the people and culture transformation is required to embed the new Target Operating Model and enable SLC's digital and strategic ambitions.
- Build capabilities within the people Directorate to ensure success of transformation and delivery of organisational objectives
- Provide unbiased, peer-informed insights and practical tools that simplify complexity, accelerate decision-making, and reduce risk.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Dec 2025, 22:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2025, 22:55 GMT
- Authority reference
2025-TR-0142- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081727- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f341Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The process was undertaken via the CCS G-Cloud 14 Framework (Rm1557.14) Which was established through a compliant competitive procedure. The required services fall within the scope which were undertaken through objective filtering and evaluation of eligible suppliers on the digital marketplace. Two suppliers were then approached where it was realised that only one met the full specification of our requirements in terms of HR/People support.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Dec 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published320 days ago10 Dec 2025, 22:19 GMT
- Next notice expected319 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Dec 2025, 22:19 GMTUK2
- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 22:55 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete10 Dec 2025, 22:55 GMT
- Procurement method changed10 Dec 2025, 22:55 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARTNER U.K. LIMITED1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2027Options: Variations are available under the contract but will not exceed 50% as per Procurement regulations. | £258,800 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Gartner UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender