Notice Information
Notice Title
260065 Strategic Consultancy Support
Notice Description
Collaborative strategic consultancy support on a wide range of matters aligned to Queen's Strategy 2030 goals including: strategic planning, delivery and monitoring, benchmarking and horizon scanning.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract contains options for Queen's to extend the contract by up to a further 24 months.
Planning Information
Queen’s has conducted Preliminary Market Engagement with a number of suppliers in order to: • develop the understanding of our requirements and the proposed approach to the procurement; • gain a better understanding of what the market can offer and if the market was capable of responding to a tender in relation to this requirement; • gain an understanding of the commercial profile for the requirement; • gain confidence that forthcoming procurement activity could be tendered under reasonable competitive tension. Please note: participation in preliminary market engagement is not a prerequisite for any future tender exercise.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0678d4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034796-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79411100 - Business development consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £448,500 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £448,500 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 25 May 2026 - 25 May 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT7 1NN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034796-2026
16th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030978-2026
2nd April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029541-2026
31st March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/home
Associated Procurement Documents may be accessed via the above link.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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