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People Advisory Support

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Buyer Address: Memphis Building Lingfield Point, Darlington, UKC13, DL1 1RW, United Kingdom

Contact Email: stuart_turnergla@slc.co.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
258800.0 GBP
Published
10 Dec 2025, 22:55
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
01 Jan 2026, 00:00
Contract End
31 Dec 2027, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
73110000 - Research services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Gartner UK Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Subscription to a supplier offering services with research and advisory capacity that offer insights, advice and tools to achieve mission-critical priorities and help build successful organisations. Key requirements are : • Develop the skills and capabilities in HR Leadership to meet the future needs of the business. • Increase the capability of People SMT, introduce best practices and an ethos of continuous improvement. • SLC Wide Target Operating Model Review. We are seeking an ongoing advisory relationship and access to research covering the human resources sector to optimise delivery of our 3-year SLC people strategy and people aspects of the SLC wide 3 year transformation programme. Specifically, we are looking for:- • HR best practice, advisory support and HR tools, templates, maturity assessments and benchmarking data to accelerate success and mitigate against risk of mistakes. • Expert advice on leading the people and culture transformation is required to embed the new Target Operating Model and enable SLC's digital and strategic ambitions. • Build capabilities within the people Directorate to ensure success of transformation and delivery of organisational objectives • Provide unbiased, peer-informed insights and practical tools that simplify complexity, accelerate decision-making, and reduce risk.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Awards

Award Title: People Advisory Support

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