Managing Consultancy and Professional Services

This Framework provides access to a single provider to deliver a Managed Service Provision (MSP) that meets the needs of all public sector organisations when procuring consultancy and professional services. The solution delivered by Consultancy+ offers three main ways for a Contracting Authority to use the framework: - Named Supplier Service: The Contracting Authority knows the consultant/professional they wish to work with, and the supplier is already within the supply chain of the Managed Service Provider. - Named Supplier and Onboarding Service: The Contracting Authority already knows the consultant/professional they wish to work with, and the Managed Service Provider shall go through onboarding this supplier onto their supply chain of consultancy and professional services. - Full service: The Contracting Authority knows the service or the outcome they will require, and the Managed Service Provider shall support them in finding a solution or suitable consultant/professional to deliver the requirement and fulfil the desired outcome.

Managing Consultancy and Professional Services

Through the framework, public sector organisations can engage a consultant/professional to deliver a specific piece of work over a set period of time when the skills, experience, expertise or specialist knowledge are not available within the Contracting Authority. This can be done by an individual, consultancy agency or consultancy organisation employed on a fee basis, to deliver this set piece of work. The Contracting Authority will appoint the Managed Service Provider through direct award on the framework and the Managed Service Provider will then manage the Contracting Authority’s requirements. The Managed Service Provider will deliver consultancy and professional services through their supply chain and will be the main point of contact for the Contracting Authority. The Managed Service Provider has a supply chain that is fully vetted and ready to deliver the requirements across all categories of consultancy.

Single Supplier Solution:
• Consultancy+ has specialist procurement and service teams to support and understand the requirement from the Contracting Authority.
• Consultancy+ has an extensive supply chain that is actively managed and vetted.
• A Contracting Authority has the option to utilise a known consultant or professional, and Consultancy+ will support with onboarding them into their supply chain.
• Confidence that the right solution will be delivered based on the requirement.
Procurement Expertise:
• Single provider framework and easy direct award process
• Support from ESPO on understanding the requirement and services for each Contracting Authority.
• Compliant route to market with reduced timescales – customers do not need to run a full above threshold procurement if procuring via the framework agreement.
• Assured supplier standards – suppliers/providers are ‘pre-qualified’ as to their general suitability.
• Pre-defined terms and conditions – when awarding contracts customers have the option to use ESPO’s standard framework agreement terms and conditions as established or use their own terms and conditions.
Value for Money:
• Aggregation of spend – customers will receive the benefits of the aggregated spend volume and increased leverage in the market.
• Social Value to be delivered by the provider through appointment of the framework agreement. Further social value requirements can be achieved at call-off contract level.
• Value for money through a time-effective, specialised service to meet consultancy requirements under competitive pricing.

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