Awarded contract

Board effectiveness review

Details

Supplier(s)
IRG ADVISORS LLP
Value
£58,420
Duration
1 year
Topic
Research and development consultancy services
Published
17 November 2025

Tender description

The appointed supplier will deliver a comprehensive Board Effectiveness Review across four structured phases: Phase 1: Context Setting This phase will enable the supplier to engage with TFP to establish context, objectives and priorities: • Engagement with the Board Task Force to confirm objectives and priorities. • Consultation with the CEO/Head of Programmes to understand governance structures and review relevant documentation. • Agreement of project timeline and deliverables. Phase 2: Data Collection This phase will provide an opportunity to gather data in support of the deployment of surveys: • Review of Board documentation (agendas, minutes, terms of reference). • Deployment of two online surveys: o Board governance and effectiveness self-assessment. o Board skills matrix (excluding CEO). • Review of Standing Committees. Phase 3: Validation and Analysis (September–December 2025) This phase will be to validate and analyse in support of the drafting of the board effectiveness report and supporting recommendations: • Observation of Board meeting • One-to-one interviews with Board members. • Drafting of the Board Effectiveness Report, including: o Key findings and triangulated analysis. o Recommendations on governance, decision-making, dynamics, and capability. Phase 4: Feedback and Development Planning This phase is to feedback findings and recommendations to TFP: • Presentation of findings to the Board Task Force. • Facilitation of feedback session with the full Board. • Support in drafting a Board Development Plan. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=992503175 ## Contract award Title: To provide Consultancy Services re Board Effectiveness

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date8 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published17 November 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date12 October 2026in 2 weeks

About the buyer

Thames Freeport is a government-designated Freeport tax site covering Tilbury, DP World London Gateway and Ford's Dagenham plant, and procures through its own delivery team. A board drawing on Barking and Dagenham, Thurrock and Havering councils oversees its programmes. Tenders are published through Find a Tender and the Delta eSourcing portal. Larger schemes, such as its Sustainable Construction Programme, run as competitive procedures under the Procurement Act 2023. The Skills Programme was delivered through an appointed external delivery partner, Matt Hamnett & Associates. Programme teams handle supplier enquiries by email once a tender is live.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Thames Freeport's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 73200000 · Research and development consultancy services
  • 79400000 · Business and management consultancy and related services
  • 79410000 · Business and management consultancy services

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