Published date: 6 February 2024

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


Closing: 4 November 2023, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£102,421.01

Procurement reference

PR 2023 109

Published date

6 February 2024

Closing date

4 November 2023

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

13 November 2023

Contract end date

5 February 2024

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

The Supplier will provide a coaching, independent advisory and co-review service to the CPS digital and data function. This will encompass:

1. Review of governance and communications

The Supplier will review the CPS's Change Assurance approach, Technical Design Authority, Service Standard assessment, and informal governance mechanisms, recommending any changes to ensure they ensure effective and consistent scrutiny of change. It will also review how teams engage with each other across the digital and data function, including tools, workflows, processes and ceremonies, to recommend approaches to improve openness and visibility of work.

Deliverable: The Supplier will deliver a review of governance and communications within CPS's digital and data function recommending changes.

2. Participation in governance forums on key projects

The Supplier will attend and participate in the assurance and governance of three key CPS programmes to enhance management, technical input and oversight. These are The Ensuring Service Continuity programme, The ServiceDesk transition, and The Future Casework Tools programme.

Deliverable: The Supplier will provide consolidated recommendations on programme governance and assurance to the Chief Digital and Information Officer and SRO of each programme, drawing on their expertise and experience of successfully running other digital transformation projects.

3. Defining common ways of working across CPS's digital and data function

The Supplier will review existing ways of working and recommend a set of behaviours, patterns and tools to better support internet-era ways of working (for example agile governance ceremonies, working in the open, improvements to workflows and processes).

The deliverable will be coaching, workshops and/or masterclasses focused on ways of working, and designed in response to an understanding of the needs of teams and individuals.

4. Professional development plan for each member of CPS's technology leadership team

The Supplier will provide one-to-one coaching sessions with each member of CPS's technology leadership team (3 people) to develop a personalised plan to develop their professional and leadership skills.

The deliverable will be 3 professional development plans for the technology leadership team.


Award information

Awarded date

13 December 2023

Contract start date

13 November 2023

Contract end date

5 February 2024

Total value of contract

£102,421.01

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Reed Talent Solution (trading as Consultancy+)

Address

Academy Court
94 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DT

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£102,421.01

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Louise Pawlowska

Address

102 Petty France
Westminster
London
SW1H 9EA
United Kingdom

Email

louise.pawlowska@cps.gov.uk