664_25 Consultancy Services
A Tender Notice
by ESPO
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 2 year
- Value
- £320M
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 09 Aug 2024
- Delivery
- 01 Sep 2025 to 31 Aug 2027
- Deadline
- 24 Sep 2024 11:00
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:
Description
ESPO on behalf of ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a framework agreement with a number of service providers for the provision of consultancy services to the Public Sector. These services will be provided on a national basis across the UK. The key aim of the framework will be to create efficiencies and promote cost savings by providing customers with access to pre-approved service providers whom they may appoint using a simple and streamlined procurement process. To tender:
Lot Division
| 3 | Food and Catering
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Commercial feasibility and technical reviews - Equipment and facilities - Food and drink menus - Food hygiene - Healthy eating programmes - Legislation compliance - Nutrition - Options appraisals - Soft and Hard Facilities Management - Accident statistics - Assurance reports and model documentation - COSHH and HACCP - H&S legislation - H&S policies and management - Inspections and audits - Notices and corrective action plans - Risk assessments and controls - Safe working procedures |
| 5 | Highways, Traffic and Transport
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Active travel - Business cases - Cycle route planning or improvements - Demand management - Funding and funding applications - Highway Design - Highway Development Management - Impact assessments - Intelligent transport systems - Junction planning or improvements - Management strategies of highway structures and assets - Pedestrian route planning or improvements - Public transport route planning or improvements - Road/Route safety - Spatial planning and health initiatives - Strategic transport planning - Street and traffic management - Transport and transport links - Travel initiatives - Travel plans and planning - Transport planning and modelling - Vehicle parking, charges and EV charging |
| 7 | Sport Leisure, Culture and Tourism
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Art and cultural services studies - Child protection - Commercial and efficiency reviews - Customer insight information - Funding and funding applications - Health and Safety - Historic site, building, and monument studies - Increasing public use of services - Leisure facilities and activities - Library service studies - Management improvement programmes - Museum service studies - Outsourcing of services - Physical activity and Wellbeing - Service strategy design - Sport service studies - Technical reviews - Trusts and joint ventures |
| 10 | Strategic Programmes and Projects
Consultancy advice across a wide range of disciplines in relation to high value and/or complex strategic programmes and projects. |
| 5 | Lot 1a - Business Services
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Alternative delivery models - Business continuity and resilience - Business transformation - Change management - Commercialisation - Corporate social responsibility - Disaster recovery systems and testing - Crisis and emergency preparedness, contingency planning, and response - Funding research, applications and bids - Improvement programmes - Innovation - Legislation compliance - Net zero (design, procurement, and finance) - Marketing services and management - Organisational design and policy - Process mapping - Programme and project management - Project management - Quality management - Risk management and mitigation - Service improvement - Staff recruitment and retention - Strategy development - Supply chain management - Whole-Life carbon, cost and risk, management & planning - Workforce planning and transformation |
| 6 | Lot 1b - Procurement and Contract Management Services
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Category management - Contract management - Corporate Social Responsibility - E-sourcing - Efficiencies and savings - European and global sourcing - Implementation support - Post procurement support - Process mapping and optimisation - Procurement strategy development and implementation - Procurement support - Social Value - Supplier integration - Supplier relationship management - Supply chain resilience |
| 7 | Lot 1c - Education Services
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Apprenticeships and vocational learning - Academy conversions (including applications, funding, preopening tasks, etc) - Adult education - Behavioural improvement programmes - Curriculum development - Early years development - Education strategies and transformation - Employability skills and professional development - Governance Policy & Regulations - Healthy school programmes - Learning - Legislation Compliance - OFSTED support services - Quality and Internal Verification - Recruitment and retention - Research and data analysis - Safeguarding - School admission processes and systems - School policies and initiatives - School improvement plans - School remodelling programmes - SEND Learning - Student journey - Student recruitment and support services |
| 8 | Lot 2a - Audit Consultancy
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Audit assessments - Audit consultancy - Audit services - Audit strategies and methodologies - Benchmarking and quality assurance - External audits - Financial audits - Governance, risk and internal control - Internal audits |
| 9 | Lot 2b - Internal Audit Services
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Benchmarking and quality assurance - Compliance reviewing - Corporate governance - Fraud investigation - Internal control reviewing - Internal audits - Operational reviewing - Risk management - Specified purpose audits |
| 10 | Lot 2c - External Audit Services
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Benchmarking and quality assurance - Compliance reviewing - Corporate governance - External assurance services - External audits - Financial audit - Fraud investigation - Risk management - Specified purpose audits - Statutory audits |
| 11 | Lot 2d - General Finance
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Actuary, investments and pensions - Banking - Business Cases - External funding - Financial analysis and reporting - Financial modelling and model reviews - Financial options - Financial reviews, evaluations and feasibility studies - Financial policies and strategies - Financial procedures and processes - Funding applications and grants - PFI advisory services - Taskforce Carbon Finance Disclosure TCFD) |
| 12 | Lot 2e - Revenues and Benefits
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Efficiency reviews - Government returns - Heath check programmes - Model adoptions - Payment arrears |
| 13 | Lot 2f - Tax
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Compliance and advisory - Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) - Corporation tax - Customs Duties - Efficiency schemes - Employment tax - Land tax - Living and national minimum wage - Nation Insurance Contributions (NICs) - PAYE and IR35 - Policy development - Stamp duty - Tax accounting services - Tax planning - Tax technologies - Value Added Tax (VAT) |
| 14 | Lot 2g - Treasury Management
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Accounting treatment - Credit ratings - Codes of practice - Debt management - External loan portfolios - Investment reviews and strategies - Legislation - Market conditions - Prudential indicators - Treasury management risks |
| 15 | Lot 4a - Health
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Behavioural science - Biostatistics - Care toolkits - Clinical evaluations - Collaborative working arrangements - Commissioning models - Departmental and service reviews - Demand management - Developing and implementing of public health schemes - Environmental health - Epidemiology - Health education - Health services administration - Healthy and happy workplace schemes - Mental health reviews - New service business cases - Personalisation - Pandemic contingency - Public health programmes and promotions - Service efficiency plans and improvements - Service Transformation - Service user pathways - Technology Developments |
| 16 | Lot 4b - Social Care (Adults and Childrens)
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Care toolkits - Clinical evaluations - Collaborative working arrangements - Commissioning models - Departmental and service reviews - Demand management - Health and social care integration - Outreach programmes - New service business cases - Personalisation - Safeguarding - Service efficiency plans and improvements - Service user pathways - Technology developments - Vulnerable adults and children's protection |
| 17 | Lot 6a - Operational IT
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Artificial Intelligence technology - Cloud Solutions - Server solutions - Software assurance - Systems development and analysis - Telecommunications - Wireless solutions - Cyber security solutions |
| 18 | Lot 6b - Strategic IT
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Artificial Intelligence - Capability assessment, review and development - Cost analysis and projection - Data Protection and cyber security - Digital Strategy Development - Digital services and transformation - Disaster recovery - Forecast, planning and strategy - IT project and programme management - Intelligent Automation - Policy development, maintenance and review - Process mapping and optimisation - Risk assessment and risk management (specific to IT) |
| 19 | Lot 8a - Asset Management and Delivery
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Acquisitions - Evaluations and reviews - Liability - Maintenance - Management and Delivery - Management of historic sites, buildings, and monuments - Mapping - Property surveys - Rationalisation - Remodelling - Sale and disposal |
| 20 | Lot 8b - Environment and Sustainability
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Assessments and appraisals - Alternative energy - Archaeology studies - Biodiversity - Carbon foot-printing and reduction - Carbon reduction and climate change adaptation - Climate change adaptation and mitigation - Eco-towns - Environmental audits - Environmental initiatives - Environmental legislation - Energy efficiency and targets - Flood defences, alleviation and drainage - Green technologies - Heat networks - Landscape management - Mapping - Modelling - Pollution - Resource efficiency behaviour change programmes - Smart cities - Sustainability - Water management - Waste auditing |
| 21 | Lot 8c - Facilities Management
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Delivery Models - Fire risk - Hard FM consultancy - Outsourcing of FM services - Premises, caretaking and cleaning - Property security - Reorganisation of FM services - Soft FM consultancy |
| 22 | Lot 8d - Health and Safety
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Accident Statistics - Assurance reports and model documentation - Building surveys and risk assessments - COSHH and REACH - H&S legislation - H&S policies and management - Inspections and audits - Notices and corrective action plans - Risk assessments and controls - Safe working procedures |
| 23 | Lot 8e - Housing and Housing Support
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Asset Management - Benchmarking - Development project management - Governance - Homelessness - Housing needs and assessments - Investment programmes - Living standards, stock condition surveys and risk assessments - Management and support - Quality assurance - Process mapping - Regeneration project management - Revenue optimisation and funding - Risk and internal control - Service improvement and performance - Supported housing - Tenant participation schemes - Tenant scrutiny - Transfers and de-commissioning |
| 24 | Lot 8f - Planning, Valuation and Infrastructure
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Agricultural and retail planning - Employment land reviews - Local economic assessments - Planning applications and appeals - Planning legislation - Planning taxes and levies - Spatial planning - Specialist planning |
| 25 | Lot 8g - Regeneration and Regional Development
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Business case development - Employment land reviews - Government policy and awareness - Historic site, building and monument assessments. - Income generation schemes - Local business development - Local economic assessments - Regeneration and economic development - Supply chain development - Sustainable community strategies - Sustainable economic growth plans |
| 26 | Lot 8h - Waste and Recycling
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Auditing services - Alternative waste treatment - Business cases - Campaigns - Carbon assessments - Commercial waste - Domestic waste - Illegal waste tipping - Legislation - Management investment programmes - New waste sites - Options appraisals - Permits and accreditations - Policies and strategies - Service reviews - Street cleansing support service |
| 27 | Lot 9a - Research and Engagement
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Academic research - Communication - Community research and strategies - Customer insight information - Demand management - Feedback facilitation - Public dialogue, engagement and consultation - Soft market testing - Staff Surveys - Stakeholder engagement |
| 28 | Lot 9b - Marketing, Communications and PR
Including, but not limited to, advice around: - Branding - Creative communications - Communication and marketing materials - Crisis management - Digital communications - Events management - Market research - Marketing campaigns, plans and strategies - Media relations - Training for reporting to Government, Parliament and Public Enquiries - Public relations - Social media - Targeting strategies - Website design |
Renewal Options
The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.5 includes the option period.
CPV Codes
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 79313000 - Performance review services
- 98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services
- 79994000 - Contract administration services
- 75121000 - Administrative educational services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 79212000 - Auditing services
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 79221000 - Tax consultancy services
- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services
- 66600000 - Treasury services
- 85100000 - Health services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services
- 71311210 - Highways consultancy services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
- 71315100 - Building-fabric consultancy services
- 73220000 - Development consultancy services
- 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services
- 71351914 - Archaeological services
- 71800000 - Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
- 90700000 - Environmental services
- 71315210 - Building services consultancy services
- 71317000 - Hazard protection and control consultancy services
- 70333000 - Housing services
- 71410000 - Urban planning services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics
Indicators
- This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
- Options are available.
- Renewals are not available.
Other Information
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '664_25' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen, once an Expression of interest has been completed). ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-048974
- FTS 025244-2024