Published date: 6 February 2023

This notice was replaced on 18 April 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 18 April 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Design consultancy services - 79415200

  • Printing and related services - 79800000

Location of contract

EC2Y 5AS

Value of contract

£820,000 to £920,000

Procurement reference

FRC2022-0179

Published date

6 February 2023

Closing date

9 March 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to serve the public interest by setting high standards of corporate governance, reporting and audit and by holding to account those responsible for delivering them.

Delivering on our purpose will bring a variety of benefits. Improved outcomes, created by each of our regulatory activities are shown in the circle; each of which can positively reinforce others in the circle and contribute to overall benefits for a wide range of stakeholders such as greater transparency, increased trust in UK markets and a lower cost of capital for companies. Our direct stakeholders include companies, institutional investors, auditors, actuaries, accountants and their respective professional bodies. Our indirect stakeholders include retail shareholders, suppliers, employees, customers, communities, pensioners and savers, and financial institutions, all of whom have an interest in the health of companies and other organisations within our existing and future regulatory scope and in the success of the UK corporate sector as a whole.

THIS PROCUREMENT
Since 2020 we have made great strides in creating an iconic brand that reflects our growing remit and responsibility as an effective regulator. In addition to creating high quality documents on an ongoing basis, we do intend to evolve further, looking for ways to innovate our existing content methods to improve them. Examples include exploring new layouts to make content more digestible, aligning better with accessibility standards, considering interactive PDF's or animation and so forth. We are keen to partner with an organisation that can help us take these next steps.

Our requirement is to work with a quality focused external agency for our Design & Publication Services, and benefit from better practice industry knowledge and specialist expertise in designing assets and documents while supporting us with proof reading/content editing. The ideal organisation will provide stage-appropriate guidance on design-related matters.

The services that we will require are grouped below:
• Design and typesetting
• Brand development
• Guidelines support
• Language services
• Advisory

PLEASE SEE THE TENDER DOCUMENT FOR FULL DETAILS.

This Contract Notice has also been published on Find a Tender.

More information

Attachments

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Notes:-

• Download and review the documents

• Observe the timelines and tender process

• Register your interest in this opportunity by email to procurement@frc.org.uk

• You will need to register your interest to receive the Q&A document.

• This is a three year contract (with the option to extend for a further one year).

About the buyer

Contact name

Head of Procurement

Address

8Th Floor,125 London Wall
LONDON
EC2Y 5AS
England

Telephone

020 7492 2300

Email

procurement@frc.org.uk

Website

https://www.frc.org.uk