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{{short description|'''UK stabilisation and conflict-analysis consultancy; CSSF contractor'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = First Call Partners
| type = Registered at Companies House
| founded = 3 May 2017 (incorporated)
| location = Brigham House, 93 High Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, SG18 0LD
| industry = Management consultancy activities other than financial management
}}
'''[[First Call Partners]]''' (First Call Partners Limited, Companies House number 10751194) is a contractor to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (FCDO) under the [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] (CSSF). Companies House records it as incorporated on 3 May 2017, status "Active", nature of business "70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management", with registered office at Brigham House, 93 High Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, SG18 0LD.<ref name="CH10751194">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10751194 First Call Partners Limited (10751194)] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHO10751194">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10751194/officers First Call Partners Limited (10751194): officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> [[Contracts Finder]] lists 1 published CSSF award(s) to it with a combined stated value of £42,410. FCO and FCDO payments to it over £25,000 recorded in published departmental spending data total about £1,172,372; these figures cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former [[Department for International Development]]) programmes and are not limited to the CSSF.<ref name="FCOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2020–2026.</ref>

== CSSF and other UK government work ==
First Call Partners lists "conflict and stability analysis for the UK Government in Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa and West Africa" among its recent projects. It also lists the "development of approaches to encourage the integration of armed groups in Iraq, Libya, Mali and Somalia for the German and UK Governments" and a "review of stabilisation initiatives in Ukraine".<ref name="FCPwhat">First Call Partners, [https://firstcallpartners.org/what-we-do/ What we do] ''First Call Partners'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its published CSSF award (below) was a 2019 review of the UK's [[Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative]].

=== Published CSSF contracts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ CSSF awards published on Contracts Finder
! Award date !! Contract !! Value (£) !! Supplier name as published !! Source
|-
| 2019-11-07 || CSSF: Programme Review: PSVI - Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative || 42,410 || First Call Partners Ltd || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43e65ef6-1e40-4533-a5f4-b2e3f89edc6d CSSF: Programme Review: PSVI - Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative] ''Contracts Finder'', 2019-11-07.</ref>
|}

=== FCO/FCDO payments ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
! Year !! Amount (£)
|-
| 2019 || 34,213
|-
| 2020 || 105,103
|-
| 2021 || 243,512
|-
| 2022 || 350,147
|-
| 2023 || 377,638
|-
| 2024 || 61,759
|-
| '''Total''' || '''1,172,372'''
|}
<ref name="FCOspend" />

== People ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Current officers recorded at Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Appointed
|-
| Andrew McLean || Director || 3 May 2017
|-
| Mark Andrew White || Director || 1 September 2017
|}
<ref name="CHO10751194" />

== See also ==
* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
[[Category:UK]]

First Call Partners - Revision history

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