Provision of Board Effectiveness Review

Contract summary

Industry

• Performance review services - 79313000

Location of contract

SW1H 0NB

Value of contract

£23,950

Procurement reference

GIAA23A01

Published date

24 August 2023

Closing date

25 May 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

29 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

GIAA are required by the 'Corporate Governance Code for Central Government Departments: Code of Good Practice' to undertake a Board Effectiveness Review annually, and with independent input at least once every three years.

GIAA are due to be reviewed as part of the Public Bodies Review Programme (PBRP) in 2024/25. One of the Governance Requirements they will assess is whether 'an externally facilitated review of the effectiveness of the board has been conducted within the last three years' and 'if there is evidence the recommendations have been implemented'.

GIAA are due an externally facilitated review and, so that there is evidence of the recommendations being implemented for the PBRP, this needs to take place in the 2023/24 financial year.

It is important for GIAA reputationally to be compliant with the Corporate Governance Code. As the organisation's purpose is to help ensure the government and wider public sector provide services effectively, it is important that we demonstrate best practice. In addition, a Board Effectiveness Review will allow the Board to assess which areas require development, and identify its strengths. This will contribute to our growth as an organisation, enabling the Agency to better provide its services and therefore deliver benefit to the taxpayer.

Professional services support is required to conduct an independent, objective, evidence-based review of the GIAA Board. Such support should have demonstrable experience in undertaking Board Effectiveness Reviews in central Government bodies and an understanding of how Departmental and/or Executive Agency Boards should operate.

A soft market test was undertaken earlier in 2023 which allowed for the benchmarking of costs to undertake the Review. A number of organisations expressed an interest in providing the service, with some (but not all) providing indicative costs. The conclusion reached was that such a cost was disproportionately high considering the size of the Agency and the low level of complexity of the governance and Board arrangements. From previous experience at a former organisation, a professional service was procured for an organisation ten times the size of GIAA that had a number of identified issues within its governance framework.

The next step was to approach organisations who had been recommended based on their previous interactions with similar organisations.

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More information

Attachments

• GIAA23A01 Board Effectiveness Review-Contract (Redacted) PDF.pdf
• Signed contract
• Signed Short Order Form contract between GIAA and Awarded Supplier

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Award information

Awarded date

17 August 2023

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

29 February 2024

Total value of contract

£23,950

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

HCubed

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About the buyer

Contact name

Donna-Marie Miles

Address

7th Floor, 10 Victoria Street
LONDON
SW1H 0NB
England

Telephone

07890972786

Email

donna-marie.miles@giaa.gov.uk