United Kingdom-Basildon: Procurement consultancy services – Framework Lead

The current contract for Procurement consultancy services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 30-JUL-19 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:: Selection of Framework Providers to Supply Co-Sourcing Consultancy Review and Savings Realisation – 562.

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
NUTS code

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – BTUH has a requirement to appoint a Co-Sourcing provider to undertake a spend review and realisation of savings scope of work. – Phase 1.
Bidders should note that this is a Conditional Fee based contract where any payments that are made by the trust to assist i.e. contractors cash-flow will need to be reimbursed via savings delivery or refunded in full in the event insufficient savings are realised within the agreed term.
Alongside BTUH’s requirement there is – Phase 2 which is the appointment of a framework which will be open to all public sector bodies wishing to appoint a Co-Sourcing provider going forward. The maximum number of appointed framework suppliers will be 6.
Separately to this piece of work the trust is also appointing a consultancy firm to undertake a strategic review of staff structure and review of the procurement functionality within the Hospital this will not be included in the scope of this EU tender.
The start date for phase 1 will be October 2015 for a period of 12 months with the option to extend by 3 x 12 months.
The start date for phase 2 will be October 2015 The framework duration will be 4 years.

Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: yes