Published date: 17 February 2025

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


Closing: 6 December 2024, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

Location of contract

BS1 6PN

Value of contract

£10,000,000

Procurement reference

17-2-1334

Published date

17 February 2025

Closing date

6 December 2024

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

22 January 2025

Contract end date

21 January 2027

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?

No

Description

This procurement will procure a consultancy service for strategic and transformational requirements, to provide expertise and review work underway to identify how we (PINS) can improve our timeliness, specifically for appeals casework, and help us make changes to make a tangible difference

Before implementing the change to improve our times, we need to first understand the problems to be solved and so we have taken a two-staged approach to the contract.

Stage 1 (Discovery) is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks. The deliverables at the end of discovery is a comprehensive report and presentation to our Executive Team which will include but is not limited to;
Key blockers, resource levels, failure rates, demand, effectiveness of workstreams, dependencies, external factors and the proposed approach, plan and timescales for stage 2.

Stage 2 (Delivery) is optional and will involve planning, managing and implementing change needed as identified in the discovery phase. No work is guaranteed for stage 2 under the contract.

The contract is a call-off agreement and will enable additional statement of works to be generated, whilst working with the successful partner as a trusted partner

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

23 December 2024

Contract start date

22 January 2025

Contract end date

21 January 2027

Total value of contract

£10,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Newton Consulting Limited

Address

2 Kingston Business Park
Kingston Bagpuize
OX13 5FE

Reference

Companies House number: 04279175

Value of contract

£10,000,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Optional extension of 1 year @ £5m

About the buyer

Contact name

Paula Owen

Address

Temple Quay House
2 The Square, Temple Quay
BRISTOL
BS1 6PN
England

Email

Procurement@planninginspectorate.gov.uk