Expired contract

Waste Strategy For Essex (Consultation Readiness)

Details

Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier(s): The Consultation Institute
Value: £43,750
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Consultative engineering and construction services
Published: 8 August 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

ECC requires an external specialist, best practice body to support them during a period of consultation, launching September 13th, 2023, asking residents to submit views on a draft Waste Strategy for Essex. ECC acknowledges the scale of this consultation and are keen to ensure it is run to best practice, ECC requires support by an independent body to ensure the consultation is adequately scrutinised before launch. ECC are requiring support on all pre-consultative activities, preparation, planning, and materials development. A particular requirement is for an external body to: • Examine our proposals and plans for flaws that could lead to complications or challenges. • Review pre consultation engagement and governance processes • Provide feedback on engagement plans across the consultation timelines • Provide feedback on the quality of a consultation document and any related documentation • Add value to any engagement or consultation plans. • Quality assure at all stages of the consultation. • Guidance on any missing documentations, processes, or engagement routes • Sign post to best practice at every stage of consultation • Ensure steps are taken to provide ECC with a 'Consultation Readiness' Certificate

Timeline

Completed: Award date4 August 2023
Completed: Award published8 August 2023
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2023

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

71310000 · Consultative engineering and construction services
71800000 · Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov