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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 8 hours ago Contract notice

Investigator Training Programme

Open United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer Serious Fraud Office

27 days left

Key facts

Closes
23:59 (UTC)
Estimated value
€177,054
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 27 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

27 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 35 days, based on 1,727 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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The Serious Fraud Office is procuring a bespoke training programme that will equip its staff with the core skills needed to conduct SFO investigations, based on the powers available to the SFO, including the Criminal Justice Act 1987 Section 2 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Topics include the theory and process of conducting an investigation, interviewing witnesses and victims, and interviewing suspects. Participants range from new trainee investigators to experienced and senior investigators, investigative lawyers and financial investigators. Content will be split into modules of up to three days each, combining theory with interactive engagement and regular practice opportunities, covering investigative decision making, risk management and statement taking.

Description

The 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.

Bid or no-bid?

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €177,054.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Education & training.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    27 days left, 19 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €25,269 and €113,421.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 8 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 352 awards for Education & training in United Kingdom.

This notice
€177,054
Median award
€52,506
Middle half of past awards
€25,269 to €113,421

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Serious Fraud Office

United Kingdom

Who wins its contracts

Moderately concentrated
different companies won its awards
11
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
38%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Education & training - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Shannon Trust 14 €1.6M Sep 2026
TWA Certifications Ltd 10 €333,401 Sep 2026
Kinetic Youth Ltd 7 €750,548 Sep 2026
Fareport Training Organisation Limited 7 €44,953 Aug 2026
QA LIMITED 6 €2.0M Sep 2026

Based on 432 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 40% of the open notices in Education & training across Europe.

open now in Education & training
1,412
median open notice
€279,121

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
319
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
125

Based on 433 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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