Better Business Cases Programme

Concepts

• liverpool
• training services
• crown commercial service
• better business cases
• better business cases programme
• provision of the better business case programme
• business case guidance
• hmt business case guidance
• case model
• commercial service

Location

Description

Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of the Better Business Case Programme. The Better Business Cases programme aims to significantly increase and maintain the capacity of the UK public sector to create and plan optimum value proposals for investment, spending and use of public resources through the use of HM Treasury's Business Case guidance on applying the 'Five Case Model' through best practice. The primary requirement of this contract is for a supplier to: • A. Put in place a system of accreditation for individual trainers and training organisations, so once accredited they can deliver training in HMT Business Case guidance. This is primarily delivered through examinations.

CPV Codes

• 80500000 - Training services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

• B. Put in place a system of accreditation for individuals undertaking the training by individuals and organisations described in (a), so they can receive formal accreditation in HMT Business Case Guidance. This is to be provided by the supplier delivering examinations to these candidates. The supplier will also provide facilitation services for the promotion and support of a market for Better Business Cases training, based on the accreditation and approval of training organisations and individual trainers and the administration of an examination and accreditation scheme for individual candidates. These examination and accreditation services are to be available to the public and private sector. The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement. Further information is included in the Additional Information section This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the training and accreditation market. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during August with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing GreenBook@hmtreasury.gov.uk no later than midday on 29th August 2022. Further details will be provided to you. Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participating in the market engagement. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value information is indicative. This is a concession contract where the current supplier charges a fee to users undertaking examinations (either to become accredited in HMT Business Case Guidance or to become accredited to deliver training in HMT Business Case Guidance). A royalty from this exam fee is provided to the Authority. Concession contract. Examination fees vary by region - UK examinations are currently charged a fee in the region of £140 and the Authority intends to take a royalty in the region of 25% of all examination fees.