Official UK procurement notice
Programme - Women in Diplomacy 2025
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£45,292published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Sept 2025
Awarded to Polaris Global Consultancy Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FCDO is looking to appoint an external training provider to deliver the career development aspect of the Women in Diplomacy project in FY25-26. The external training provider will develop, deliver, facilitate, and evaluate a series of career development training workshops for up to 40 new female participants; they will also write a final report on the key outcomes of the training.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060384- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a3c0Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £45,2921 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Global Consultancy Limited | £45,292 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Polaris Global Consultancy Limited
- Signed
- 23 Sept 2025
- Value
- £45,292
- Period
- 13 Oct 2025 – 28 Mar 2026 · up to 28 Mar 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An optional extension of one (1) year is possible if mutually agreed and additional budget is allocated next Financial Year.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Polaris Global Consultancy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender