Office for Students: Office for Students: Contract for Fit and Proper (FPP) checks

Office for Students is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise

Notice Summary

Title:	Office for Students: Contract for Fit and Proper (FPP) checks
Notice type:	UK4: Tender notice
Authority:	Office for Students
Nature of contract:	Services
Procedure:	Below threshold - Open competition
Short Description:	When providers of higher education in England apply to register with the Office for Students, the registration team conduct FPP checks on key individuals as part of the initial registration process and on an ongoing basis as part of the ongoing conditions of registration. The supplier is expected to provide a way of enabling the OfS to check whether key individuals at each provider applying to register with the OfS are fit and proper. The checks may be conducted on individuals the OfS consider relevant and would include roles such as (but not limited to) the accountable officer, the Chair of the governing body or the company secretary. The type of checks to be conducted may vary between individuals and could include any or all of the following: •Current disqualification as a director •Current disqualification as a charity trustee or trustee for a charity •Undischarged bankrupt •Unspent criminal conviction •Adverse findings in relevant civil procedure •Adverse findings in disciplinary hearings •Adverse findings in the education sector •Adverse findings for use of public funds •Previously being refused licence to trade •Guilty under s.199 ECTA [2023] •Criminal Offence in relation to tax •Insolvency or liquidation •Previous bankruptcy •Previous removal as Trustee of Charity or Charity Trustee
Published:	31/07/2025 12:46

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UK-Bristol: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security.

Scope

Description: When providers of higher education in England apply to register with the Office for Students, the registration team conduct FPP checks on key individuals as part of the initial registration process and on an ongoing basis as part of the ongoing conditions of registration. The supplier is expected to provide a way of enabling the OfS to check whether key individuals at each provider applying to register with the OfS are fit and proper. The checks may be conducted on individuals the OfS consider relevant and would include roles such as (but not limited to) the accountable officer, the Chair of the governing body or the company secretary.
The type of checks to be conducted may vary between individuals and could include any or all of the following:
•Current disqualification as a director
•Current disqualification as a charity trustee or trustee for a charity
•Undischarged bankrupt
•Unspent criminal conviction
•Adverse findings in relevant civil procedure
•Adverse findings in disciplinary hearings
•Adverse findings in the education sector
•Adverse findings for use of public funds
•Previously being refused licence to trade
•Guilty under s.199 ECTA [2023]
•Criminal Offence in relation to tax
•Insolvency or liquidation
•Previous bankruptcy
•Previous removal as Trustee of Charity or Charity Trustee
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Total value (estimated):

GBP 96,000 excluding VAT GBP 120,000 including VAT

Description

Contract dates (estimated)
01/11/2025 to 31/10/2027
CPV Classifications:
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security.

Contract can be extended:
Yes

Extension Date:
31/10/2030

Delivery regions:
UKK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Qualty / Weighting: 70

Submission

Enquiry deadline: 26/08/2025 Time: 11:00Tender submission deadline: 26/08/2025 Time: 11:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
An electronic auction will be used: No

Procedure

Procedure type: Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority

       Office for Students, PYZM-6681-RPZP
       Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1179317317, Email: procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk
       Contact: Sarah Phillips

Organisation type: MINISTRY
Devolved regulations that apply: None