Published date: 15 June 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 April 2021, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£90,290

Procurement reference

tender_224047/972202

Published date

15 June 2021

Closing date

9 April 2021

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

10 May 2021

Contract end date

22 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Tasks will include:
- Lead for Defra on the design and test of BCP operator services through a third-party supplier
- Planning and delivering site testing strategy and handover to users
- Working effectively across technical, policy, planning and contractor teams to develop technical solutions to construction and delivery issues
- Delivery planning, risk assessment and project management
- Sharing technical support to Devolved Administrations, and managing technical relationships with counterparts to inform and advise on progress
- Input into design meetings.
- Attending sites as needed
- Managing delivery by multiple work-streams and coordinating activities of delivery partners, including Other Government Departments, sub-contractors and consultants to ensure delivery to cost, time, quality and scope, actively engaging senior level support when required.
- Significant input into project and programme plans.
- Identifying, monitoring and managing technical and commercial risks and issues. Developing mitigating strategies and escalating as appropriate.
- Identifying and working with related projects to manage interdependencies.
- Maintaining and delivering against other project controls (including planning, assumptions, decisions, change control and configuration management)
- Ensuring the required project and programme reporting is completed through the various Defra and cross-Government governance structures in an agreed timely manner.
- Ensuring effective support of the technology and procurement work-stream through an active relationship with the Senior Project Managers, in order to ensure progress against plan milestones is achieved.
- Ensuring that assurance, approval and governance processes are met for your delivery areas, reporting, costing, risk assessing and escalating as require
- Communicating Defra project vision and status effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring that effective business as usual and on-going service management is in place post go-live of the project

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Award information

Awarded date

10 May 2021

Contract start date

10 May 2021

Contract end date

22 October 2021

Total value of contract

£90,290

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Allen Lane Limited

Address

33 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6RJ

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Nobel House
London
SP1J 3JR
England

Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk