Tender Summary

Hardship and Cost of Living Data Processing & Provision

Buying Organisation

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Contract Value

Unknown

Tender Description

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has a requirement for the collation, checking and distribution of worldwide Cost of Living and Hardship information. The data gathered in this exercise is used to calculate the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) and Hardship element of Diplomatic Service Allowance (DSA) that the FCDO provides to its staff serving overseas.

A LIST OF ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THEIR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES & THEIR NON-DEPARTMENTAL PUBLIC BODIES (NDPBs), & ANY SUCCESSORS, WHO MAY USE THIS CONTRACT IS AS FOLLOWS: -

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Bank of England
British Council
British Tourist Authority (trading as Visit Britain/Visit England)
Cabinet Office, including: - GCSI - Government Communication Service International - GDS: Government Digital Service
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
Crown Prosecution Service
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy*
Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department of Health & Social Care
Department for International Trade
Department for Transport, including: - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Department of Work and Pensions
Financial Conduct Authority
Food Standards Agency
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
HM Treasury
Home Office, including: - HM Passport Office - Home Office International - Home
Office - International Operations [replaces BFI & IEI] - Return Logistics Operations
- Homeland Security Groups - UK Visas & Immigration
Intellectual Property Office
Manchester City Council
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Meteorological Office
Metropolitan Police
Ministry of Defence, including: - British Defence Section Washington - Defence Attaché Network - Defence Geographic Centre - UK Hydrographic Office
National Crime Agency
Office for National Statistics
Oil Pipeline Agency
UK Health Security Agency
UK Intelligence Community
UK Research & Innovation

Devolved Governments:
Invest Northern Ireland
The Executive Office, Northern Ireland
Scottish Enterprise, including: - Scottish Development International
Scottish Government
Welsh Government, including: - International Business Wales

*Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy existed until 2023 when it was split to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Responsibility for national security and investment policy has gone to the Cabinet Office.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Data management services (CPV 72322000)

Region

United Kingdom (UK)

Buyer Information