Notice Information
Notice Title
Consultancy services for Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation business case development
Notice Description
Suffolk County Council (SCC) wishes to award a 12-month contract to Grant Thornton UK LLP to support SCC with the development of a business case for Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Consultancy services to support SCC with the development of a business case for Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation. Additional information: The value detailed in this notice excludes VAT
Procurement Information
Suffolk County Council is one of six councils selected for the Governments Devolution Priority Programme. Due to the timescales Suffolk County Council is required to bring in some highly specialised and experienced capacity and capability.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e3b7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005754-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £249,772 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Gillian Glanville
- Contact Email
- gillian.glanville@suffolk.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1473264478
Buyer Location
- Locality
- IPSWICH
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLH14 Suffolk CC
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- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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