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People Advisory Support

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:12.

Opportunity overview

Subscription 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.

Awarded to

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Gartner UK Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£258.8k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02266016
Location
EGHAM, UKJ25, TW20 9AH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV73110000 — Research services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2025-TR-0142
Status
complete
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
direct
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
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.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
11 Dec 2025, 23:59

Special regime

concession

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
081726-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
10 Dec 2025, 22:19

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
met
Date Met
9 Dec 2025, 00:00
Description
Engaged with Gartner UK Limited and Forrester Research on the basis of a G-Cloud 14 search where it was reduced down to their service offerings. Engaged with them on queries around their service offerings and pricing documents to see if they could fulfil our requirements from a HR/People perspective.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-02401034
Name
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC13
Country
GB
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL1 1RW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Memphis Building Lingfield Point

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
02401034
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Stuart Turner

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PMXL-3278-BCWT
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-02266016
Name
Gartner UK Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
EGHAM
Postal Code
TW20 9AH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Tamesis, The Glanty

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large

Identifier

Id
02266016
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
People Advisory Support
Status
pending
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research services

Value

Amount
258,800
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
310,560

Options

Description
Variations are available under the contract but will not exceed 50% as per Procurement regulations.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
081727-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
10 Dec 2025, 22:55

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02266016
Name
Gartner UK Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Jan 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL1 1RW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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