# Provision of Design & Publication Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED](/buyers/the-financial-reporting-council-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: ETC Communications Ltd
- Award value: £725,000
- Tender value: £920,000
- Award date: 17 April 2023
- Published: 18 April 2023
- Contract start: 18 April 2023
- Contract end: 17 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8f55ead2-99de-4a4b-b6bb-542b7e04269a-636733
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7809c63d-4742-4a6c-930c-ed0608336d07

## Description

THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE\. The purpose of the Financial Reporting Council \(FRC\) is to serve the public interest by setting high standards of corporate governance, reporting and audit and by holding to account those responsible for delivering them\. Delivering on our purpose will bring a variety of benefits\. Improved outcomes, created by each of our regulatory activities are shown in the circle; each of which can positively reinforce others in the circle and contribute to overall benefits for a wide range of stakeholders such as greater transparency, increased trust in UK markets and a lower cost of capital for companies\. Our direct stakeholders include companies, institutional investors, auditors, actuaries, accountants and their respective professional bodies\. Our indirect stakeholders include retail shareholders, suppliers, employees, customers, communities, pensioners and savers, and financial institutions, all of whom have an interest in the health of companies and other organisations within our existing and future regulatory scope and in the success of the UK corporate sector as a whole\. THIS PROCUREMENT Since 2020 we have made great strides in creating an iconic brand that reflects our growing remit and responsibility as an effective regulator\. In addition to creating high quality documents on an ongoing basis, we do intend to evolve further, looking for ways to innovate our existing content methods to improve them\. Examples include exploring new layouts to make content more digestible, aligning better with accessibility standards, considering interactive PDF's or animation and so forth\. We are keen to partner with an organisation that can help us take these next steps\. Our requirement was to work with a quality focused external agency for our Design & Publication Services, and benefit from better practice industry knowledge and specialist expertise in designing assets and documents while supporting us with proof reading/content editing\. The ideal organisation will provide stage-appropriate guidance on design-related matters\. The services that we will require are grouped below: • Design and typesetting • Brand development • Guidelines support • Language services • Advisory THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE\. Additional information: THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE\. • This is a three year contract \(with the option to extend for a further one year\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f55ead2-99de-4a4b-b6bb-542b7e04269a-636733)