This Lot of our Consultancy Services Framework is ideal for customers looking to consolidate their consultancy requirements under one service provider.
This Lot covers five different services:
If you would like to appoint consultants specifically for Employers Agent, Architectural or Planning Services then we have specific Lots to support you.
Customers are able to Direct Award to any consultant on the Lot regardless of ranking. You will not need to ask those ranked before your preferred supplier to step aside. If you’d like to speak to us about this in more detail please get in touch.
A direct award will take approximately 3-4 weeks depending on your internal approval processes. Learn more about the process here – Regular Direct Award Process.
You’re also able to run a mini-competition to call off this framework. You’ll be able to use your own specification and cost model. You can also choose your own cost / quality split and quality questions. All pricing submitted by contractors must be linked to the framework.
Once you have your specification and cost model ready, the tender process takes approximately 6-8 weeks, depending on your internal approval processes. Learn more about the process here – Mini Tender Process.
You’re able to chose from a number of different contract forms:
Any publically funded body can use this framework – access is not limited to SEC Members alone. Full details can be found here.
To access this framework compliantly you’ll need to sign a copy of our access agreement. You can download a template version of the agreement here – Consultancy Authorising Agreement (Members) and Consultancy Authorising Agreement (Guests).
There is no access fee to use this framework. A levy % dependant on whether you are a guest or member is collected directly from the contractor once a call off contract is awarded. This percentage will never be more than 1.5% for Members and 2% for Guests.
We procured this framework through a two-stage restricted process. At the first stage interested suppliers completed a Selection Questionnaire (SQ). From there we then invited select tenderers to complete a second stage Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The cost and quality elements of each tender was evaluated at 40% cost and 60% quality. More detail on this can be found below.
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