Published date: 18 July 2023

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


Closing: 26 June 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£63,000

Procurement reference

CF-0106000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

18 July 2023

Closing date

26 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 July 2023

Contract end date

29 September 2023

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

On 1st June 2023 Defra group launched a multi-disciplinary Grants Hub, offering advice, assurance and MI to grant managing teams around the group. It will be resourced with a full-time Civil Service team which is currently in the process of being recruited. Several roles have already been filled, though interviews and selection are ongoing for others, including the G7 Data & Analysis Lead.

EY have supported Defra group to design, develop and pilot the Grants Hub's services, including its management information and reporting offering. EY's existing support for the establishment of the Grants Hub is due to come to an end at the end of June 2023.

Management information underpins many of the Grants Hub's services, from ensuring a robust view of grants under development for triage of support and planning the pipeline of schemes for governance, to providing the basis for irregularity measurement and counter fraud & error support, to providing visibility of schemes and analysis to leadership to support decision making.

To maintain delivery of these Grants Hub services until a full time Data & Analysis lead may be recruited, support is therefore required. The requirement for support has been identified in three specific areas:

• Monthly reporting
• Funding streams analysis
• Support in preparing mandated returns

EY will deliver against the following scope of work:

1. Monthly reporting

• Prepare monthly updates to interactive dashboard suite, including requisite quality assurance activity
• Present reports as required at governance and other forums, providing analysis and insight
• Support the maintenance of Grants Hub data sources, coordinating the recording of new schemes in financial systems and the Government Grants Information System and maintaining Grants Hub master data
• Conduct onboarding and handover of MI & Reporting activities to G7 Data & Analysis Lead

2. Funding streams analysis

• Deliver against request from SoS' office to analyse opportunities for better collaboration or consolidation across funding streams reaching common grant recipient groups
• Carry out follow up activity with SROs to agree potential opportunities for collaboration between related funding streams
• Conduct geographical and other analysis of grant funding as required

3. Support in preparing mandated returns

• Review GGIS FY22/23 reporting against financial reports to prepare for reconciliation activity required by Cabinet Office
• Coordinate updates to GGIS to ensure complete records of FY22/23 grant schemes

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Award information

Awarded date

10 July 2023

Contract start date

3 July 2023

Contract end date

29 September 2023

Total value of contract

£63,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ernst & Young LLP

Address

1 More London Place SE1 2AF

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

DEFRA

Address

Marsham Sreet
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Telephone

03459 33 55 77

Email

defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk