Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-20
Buyer: Financial Conduct Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 66152000 | 66171000
Estimated value: 60000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-15

Technical requirements: The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA), in conjunction with the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority is establishing a framework agreement for suppliers to provide skilled person reports.
The framework will be owned and managed by the Financial Conduct Authority with provision for it to be used by the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
This will include skills, experience and expertise in areas such as, but not limited to, Client Assets (CASS) and SUP 16 in the appropriate regulator's Handbook, including governance, regulatory reporting and systems and controls arrangements associated with client assets.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Advice, skills and expertise in assessing whether firms have effective governance arrangements, and how these support an appropriate culture and/or safety and soundness. This should include knowledge of relevant national, European and international regulatory requirements, standards, guidelines and industry best practice.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Advice, skills and expertise in assessing whether firms have effective controls and risk management frameworks, including identification and control arrangements to pre-empt, identify and mitigate risks in their business models including outsourcing arrangements; taking a risk based approach to deliver fair outcomes for customers and/or safety and soundness.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Advice and expertise in assessing quality of advice, sales practices, complaints handling, conduct of business rules and guidance, the fair treatment of customers, arrears management and retail conduct risks associated with each stage of the retail product life-cycle.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Advice and expertise in financial crime, anti-bribery and corruption, third party payments, market manipulation, insider trading, anti-money laundering and governance of these areas.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Advice, skills and technical expertise in the prudential arrangements for deposit takers and recognised clearing houses and PRA-designated investment firms including experience in areas such as credit risk, traded risk, liquidity and treasury risk, operational risk, recovery and resolution and settlement risk.
The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Deep technical expertise in life and/or non-life insurance required. Skills and demonstrable experience are sought in areas including, Solvency II regulation; accounting standards including IFRS; reserving and technical provisions; underwriting, claims handling and pricing; capital modelling; reinsurance modelling and exposure management, including catastrophe risk; actuarial modelling including across credit risk, market risk, operational risk and liquidity risk; asset-liability modelling; insurance special purpose vehicles, insurance-linked securities and valuation of assets; M&A due diligence; and recovery and resolution.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://fca.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — enter your correct business and user details — note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — login to the portal with the username/password — click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (these are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier) — click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page — this will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page. (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender — click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — note the deadline for completion, then follow the on screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT — there may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.