Official UK procurement notice
Investigator Training Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Serious Fraud Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is seeking a bespoke training programme that will equip its people with the core skills required to effectively conduct SFO investigations, based around the powers available to the SFO to exercise (including the Criminal Justice Act 1987/Section 2 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002). The programme will cover the following areas:
- The theory and process behind conducting an investigation
- Interviewing witnesses and victims
- Interviewing suspects
The primary participants of the programme will be investigators involved in criminal financial investigations, as well as civil recovery and confiscation investigations. In turn, this will range from new entrant, trainee investigators, to experienced investigators/senior investigators, investigative lawyers and financial investigators.
By completing the Investigator Training Programme, learners will gain an increased confidence in:
- The theory and process that constitutes an investigation conducted by the SFO
- Adopting a strategic, methodical and investigative mindset throughout all stages of an investigation
- Their role and responsibility within an SFO investigation
- Investigative decision making and risk management
- Exercising the powers available to the SFO throughout an investigation
- Interviewing, taking and structuring statements from witnesses, victims and suspects.
To support learners in digesting and applying the programme content, whilst recognising the commitments from their day-to-day roles, we intend to split the course content into modules, comprising of up to three days per module. The modules will combine theory, along with interactive engagement and regular opportunities to practice the skills taught.
- How the procedure runs: This ITT will be a competitive flexible procedure. Following receipt of the ITT responses (the completed statement of requirements), one team of evaluators will evaluate the quality of response and the Social value. A separate team will evaluate the pricing information. The Serious Fraud Office will then invite the 4 highest scoring suppliers to give a presentation. The score for the presentation will then be added the the quality, and pricing scores.
CPV: Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£150,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality - Statement Of Requirements response.: 53%
- Quality - Social Value: 10%
- Quality - Presentation: 10%
- Price: 27%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality - Statement Of Requirements response.
- Quality - Social Value
- Price
- Quality - Presentation: Following the evaluation of the Quality, Social Value and pricing elements, the Serious Fraud Office will invite the 4 highest scoring suppliers to give a presentation.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 27 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.7 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £149,795 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Serious Fraud Office buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up
Serious Fraud Office’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Training services (CPV 8050) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 53 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid7%
2–364%
4–621%
7+7%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate70%
Within ±2%20%
Above estimate10%
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Lot #1CPV 8050Published estimate£150k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–339%
4–628%
7+12%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 15 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£117k–£150k
Estimate£150k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| TRM Labs UK LtdWorked for this buyer | SFO/DFU/Crypto Trainingruns to Sept 2027 | — | £17k | Similar wording and category |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3.1bn49 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £6.0bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 | |
| £10m19 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 9 live · £9.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £244k9 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £146k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £64k2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £35k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £17k1 award in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Oct 2026, 18:06 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 18:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
SFO/PC/ITP/DF- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094018- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07812eFind a Tender
- How it runs
This ITT will be a competitive flexible procedure.
Following receipt of the ITT responses (the completed statement of requirements), one team of evaluators will evaluate the quality of response and the Social value. A separate team will evaluate the pricing information.
The Serious Fraud Office will then invite the 4 highest scoring suppliers to give a presentation.
The score for the presentation will then be added the the quality, and pricing scores.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
sfo.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/login.do ↗
Tenders must be submitted via the Bravo e-procurment solutions portal.
Timeline
5 Oct 2026 → 25 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published21 days ago5 Oct 2026, 18:06 BST
- Clarification questions by10 days ago16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 5 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 22 days18 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 28 days25 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Oct 2026, 18:06 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The Serious Fraud Office will be using Bravo e-Procurment Solutions to issue the ITT and associated documents. To receive the ITT and to submit a bid suppliers must sign up to the SFO's portal on Bravo. Suppliers can register at the link provided above. Click the new registr…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender