Published date: 24 June 2020

This notice was replaced on 15 February 2021

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Awarded contract (published 15 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

tender_241770/864700

Published date

24 June 2020

Closing date

24 July 2020

Contract start date

1 October 2020

Contract end date

30 November 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is looking for a provider of research and comparative analysis on approaches to multiple aspects of regulation, risk and compliance in regulatory regimes with a focus on Solvency regulation and Approaches for international regulatory recognition in China.

For this specific project the supplier is is intended to deliver research and comparative analysis on approaches to multiple aspects of regulation, risk and compliance in regulatory regimes outside China, including international regulatory recognition and insurance market access. The research will consider how these approaches could inform future policy decisions about China's regulatory regime. The Comparative Research is expected to focus in most detail on Solvency regulation and approaches for international regulatory recognition and insurance market access. Other topics can be covered at a higher level.

The supplier will be expected to deliver the following specific outputs:

1. A research plan outlining the approach, scope and timescales for the comparative research.

2. A comparative research report.

To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCO's e-sourcing portal https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with accessing the tender documents, please call e-sourcing helpdesk: +44 203 608 4013 or email: help@bravosolution.co.uk.

Any queries related to the subject of this tender should be sent via the messaging function for the itt_3824 - project_4480 - PF China - Insurance Workstream 1 Project 1.

More information

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To access the tender documents, please login or register to FCO's e-sourcing portal https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk. If you have any technical issues with accessing the tender documents, please call e-sourcing helpdesk: +44 203 608 4013 or email: help@bravosolution.co.uk.

Any queries related to the subject of this tender should be sent via the messaging function for the itt_3821 - PF China Financial Services Programme Fin Tech Pillar Workstream 3 Project 2 "Regulatory Sandbox" knowledge exchange and training.

About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

ChinaFCOFSPProcurement@thepalladiumgroup.com