Expired contract

Synergy ERP Cluster Programme Consultancy

Details

Value
£14,000
Duration
3 months
Topic
General management consultancy services
Published
20 December 2023

Tender description

Defra has contracted for advisory services to support, challenge and provide insight to ensure: 1) Best practice, lessons learnt and ways of working from Defra's Group Corporate Services model can be extrapolated into the Synergy partnership approach. 2) In scope departments feel collectively connected and have an equal voice in the way the shared services organisation is run and managed. 3) Relevant risks and issues to a partnership agreement are effectively managed as the approach develops. 4) The approach is welcomed by the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) who are likely to be responsible for auditing Synergy service provision in the future. The consultant will be used to provide an Advisory Service to help challenge, test, assure and act as a critical friend as the partnership agreement develops. If capacity allows assistance in the review and drafting of the agreement, can be provided within the time agreed. The service will not provide any legal, technical, performance or data sharing advice.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published20 December 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date2 January 2024
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date2 April 2024

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79411000 · General management consultancy services

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