Notice Information
Notice Title
Social Value Review
Notice Description
West Midlands Combined Authority have awarded a contract to Buyingteam Limited t/a Proxima to carry out the review of WMCA's social value policies. This is a compliant direct award utilising the Crown Commercial services Framework RM6277- Management Consultancy Framework 3, Lot 6 - Procurement & Supply Chain
Lot Information
Lot 1
West Midlands Combined Authority have awarded a contract to Buyingteam Limited t/a Proxima to carry out the review of WMCA's social value policies. This is a compliant direct award utilising the Crown Commercial services Framework RM6277- Management Consultancy Framework 3, Lot 6 - Procurement & Supply Chain Additional information: This contract has been awarded for 3 months, 30th June 2025 until 29th September 2025 with 1 month optional extension.
Options: This award includes a 1 month optional extension at no additional value.
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded via the Crown Commercial Services, Management consultancy Framework Three RM6187, Lot 6 -Procurement & Supply Chain which allows for a direct award. The award of the contract therefore does not require prior publication of competition
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058cf5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050914-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £75,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Lydia Russell
- Contact Email
- lydia.russell@wmca.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B19 3SD
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Newtown
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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