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Consultancy Review

UK Research and Innovation

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19 Aug 2026 at 13:20

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Summary of the contracting process

UK Research and Innovation commissioned a consultancy review to be carried out within the organisation. The requirement is classified as business and business-related services and falls within the wider management consultancy field. Delivery covers UKRI activity across England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, the South East and the South West. This is a professional services requirement for a supplier able to review an organisation or its activities and provide consultancy input. The contracting organisation is UK Research and Innovation, a public research body based in Swindon. The work is therefore relevant to management consultancies and professional services firms with experience of advising public-sector research organisations or similarly complex, geographically distributed bodies.

The procurement has been awarded. UK Research and Innovation used a limited procedure without a prior published competition and made a direct award under the CCS Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4). The requirement was evaluated on price. Efficio Ltd was selected as the supplier for the consultancy review. The contract is valued at £256,000, with the contract signed on 29 July 2026. One bid was recorded. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The tender was marked complete, while the associated lot was recorded as cancelled; the active award and contract identify Efficio Ltd as the selected supplier. The published outcome therefore records a completed award rather than a competition for new suppliers to enter.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates demand from UKRI for substantial management consultancy support delivered across England. It also shows the buyer’s preferred route for this requirement: a direct award through MCF4, with price as the stated evaluation basis. A credible future competitor would need to provide consultancy review capability suited to UKRI’s research-focused public-sector environment, demonstrate capacity to work across a geographically distributed organisation, and hold an appropriate position on the relevant management consultancy framework. The successful supplier was a large professional services firm, indicating that delivery capacity and the ability to manage an organisation-wide review are commercially relevant. Firms tracking this buyer should align their offer with these requirements rather than treating the work as a general local consultancy assignment.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Consultancy Review

Notice Description

A supplier is required to undertake a consultancy review within UKRI

Lot Information

Lot 1

A supplier is required to undertake a consultancy review within UKRI. Additional information: This is a direct award under MCF4

Procurement Information

Direct Award under MCF4 - CCS Framework RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e797
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078979-2026
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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£256,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Jul 20264 weeks 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
UK Research and Innovation
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1FL
Postcode Area
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Efficio Ltd

Further Information

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