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The need for a wide range of consultancy services pervades every industry, and contracts for consultancy services are released across the private and public sector as a result.
This range is represented in the diversity of bodies that release tenders. Unlike many other industries, there is a prevalence of tenders for consultancy services across both the private and the public sector. Procuring organisations range from large-scale multinational firms to regional facilities providers.
Common services include:
Consultancy tenders, therefore, exist across a wide range of industries and business contexts. With this in mind, the legislative framework applied to tender exercises and resulting contracts is flexible. Any legislation or approved codes of practice you have to adhere to is likely to be industry-specific, e.g. the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 if you provide H&S consultation, or UKAS if you implement quality management systems. Similarly, your service may require specific certification for that industry, such as IRCA if you provide auditing services.
As a result, tender exercises for consultancy services can take many forms and look significantly different, depending on the procuring organisation, their motive for procurement – and crucially – what means they use to release and evaluate the tenders. Exercises designed by private sector firms can be far removed from those released by public sector or ALMOs (arms-length management organisations, such as housing providers).
Key differences can include:
The exercises you come across, therefore, may differ greatly in their requirements. Procurement documents for consultancy services often place a greater emphasis on the solution, experience and expertise, and questionnaires represent broad canvasses to sell your business and your ability to deliver the service. Your ability to provide services will be evaluated on the strength of how you evidence these three key criteria, and you will need to provide a high level of detail of your company’s credentials within the quality sections.
Our experience of providing assistance with projects across this broad spectrum is extensive. In 2018, for instance, we have completed tenders for consultancy services released by the following authorities:
Across these tenders we have encountered a wide variety of services and submission criteria, and each project is approached anew. For each submission, the lead bid writer’s focus is on working with clients to identify their key selling points, and ensure this is translated into a high quality submission. Your bid writer will guide you through this process, and support you to interpret your organisation’s key strengths effectively, whilst ensuring compliance with the line of questioning. Your bid will also benefit from our status as a business improvement specialist, with extensive in-house management consultancy expertise that will be brought to bear to maximise the quality of your submission.
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0203 507 0314 or direct to mobile: 07590 276 006
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