Scottish Government

Details

Overview

The national strategy for the procurement of Business Management Consultancy Services was developed by Scottish Procurement in collaboration with the National Category Forum and key stakeholders across the Scottish Public Sector. This engagement was supported by cross sectoral workshops held throughout Scotland conducted in July and August 2008.

Scottish Procurement, carried out a full EU Procurement Tendering Process, placing adverts in the Official European Journal and on Public Contracts Scotland.

Scottish Procurement,supported by the Professional Services National Category Forum (NCF), and Centres of Expertise (CoEs) has awarded five specialist, multi supplier frameworks for Business Management Consultancy. Each framework includes 3 Risk-based Lots; high, medium and low.

What is in scope?

The scope of the agreements covers the following;

• Human Resources Consultancy
• Programme Management Consultancy
• Procurement Consultancy
• Business Strategy Consultancy
• Organisational Development Consultancy.

What is out of scope?

• Recruitment Consultancy
• IT Consultancy
• Financial Consultancy

Who is this available to?

• Central Government
• Fire
• Health
• Local authorities
• Police
• Universities and Colleges
• Third Sector
• Other Public Bodies

http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV053908

Note: It is the responsibility of any buying organisation wishing to use the Framework Agreement to satisfy itself that it is eligible to do so. Entitlement can be established from the terms of the OJEU advert and guidance on this can be found in Annex A of Scottish Government Guidance on Framework Agreements. If there is any doubt, legal advice should be sought.

Benefits

The framework agreements represent a number of key benefits, including the following:

• Financial Benefit- The Frameworks represent the first Scotland wide solution for consultancy services and are expected to achieve an average of over 35% savings.
• Quality- All the framework suppliers have a proven track record of delivering quality services. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) have been developed and agreed with all suppliers.

Current status

Start date

01 September 2010

End date

31 August 2013 (Option to extend for one year)

Further details

Contact and feedback to:

Graeme Cook, Portfolio Manager
Email: graeme.cook@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0131 244 7217

Patricia Malloy, Senior Portfolio Specialist
Email: Patricia.malloy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 242 5509

Contract Supplier(s)

Supplier List

Framework Supplier Matrix

Contract or Framework Agreement guidance

Buyers Guide

More information

Graeme Cook, Portfolio Manager
Email: graeme.cook@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0131 244 7217