Published date: 16 August 2021

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


Closing: 19 June 2021, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction project management services - 71541000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£39,000

Procurement reference

tender_224047/988917

Published date

16 August 2021

Closing date

19 June 2021

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

19 July 2021

Contract end date

8 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

- Managing and coordinating the project work-streams at operational level. Supporting the Senior Project Manager to ensure successful delivery of key milestones to the required quality and to the timescales agreed within the project plan
- Managing a single, agreed approach to project delivery as defined in the Project Initiation Document, ensuring best practice is identified, recorded and utilised across the Project
- Identify, monitor and manage project risks and issues. Develop mitigating strategies and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
- Maintain and deliver against other project controls (including planning, assumptions, decisions, change control and configuration management)
- Ensure the required Project reporting is completed through the various Defra governance structures in an agreed timely manner.
- Ensure effective support of the technology work-stream through an active relationship with the Senior Project Manager responsible for IT, in order to ensure progress against plan milestones is achieved.
- Ensure that the key assurance bodies are appropriately involved, and that the agreed deliverables from the Integrated Assurance and Approvals plan are met through the life cycle of the Project.
- Ensure all necessary Business Change activities are defined, agreed and implemented in accordance with the Project plan
- Support the relationship with internal and external project stakeholders. Identify and manage collaborative relationship through support of the Business Change work stream. Actively engage senior level support when required.
- Build, maintain and improve relationships across the project, stakeholders and wider government
- Communicate project vision and status effectively, using established meetings such as the steering group and project boards. Ensure visibility of project status to the wider business and stakeholders.
- Ensure 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

19 July 2021

Contract start date

19 July 2021

Contract end date

8 October 2021

Total value of contract

£39,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Methods

Address

Saffron House 6-10 Kirby Street London EC1N 87TS

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