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Award

04 Apr 2017 at 14:00

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves the Scottish Government, which is seeking to award a contract titled "Award of Interim Staff - Planning Manager". This process falls under the services industry category and is based in Scotland. The tender period commenced on 3rd April 2017 and concluded on 30th March 2018. The current procurement stage is the Award phase, with an awarded contract amounting to £190,000 for the provision of planning management services, which were awarded to Harvey Nash following the tender process that included four bids.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in temporary and agency staffing, particularly those with expertise in project and planning management services. Companies focusing on professional staffing solutions, including recruitment agencies and consultancy firms experienced in strategic planning, would be well-positioned to compete in such tenders. Engaging in contracts like this can facilitate business growth by expanding service offerings and establishing beneficial relationships with government bodies.

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Notice Title

Award of Interim Staff - Planning Manager

Notice Description

* Lead the work to ensure that the Programme and its constituent projects have appropriate plans in order to allow resource commitment, tracking, oversight and scenario modelling (e.g. impact assessing a likely change);* Define, establish, and assure the arrangements for planning (incl. product identification and estimation), dependency management (incl. internal and external dependencies and constraints), and produce the Programme's Planning strategy and 'plan for a plan';* Ensure the ease of 'roll-up' of milestone, dependency, risk, outcome and benefit realisation information, and that audience-specific views of planning information are maintained;* Establish and maintain the Programme Plan (as single source of the truth) and dependency log, undertaking appropriate dependency tracking;* Ensure that activities relating to pre-transition (e.g. project-level activities and outputs), transition (e.g. go-lives, hyper care, handover) and post-transition (e.g. embedding and benefit realisation) are included in the programme plan;* Assist in the identification and reporting of resource clashes and shortcomings or other areas of concern (e.g. any deviation that requires an exception report);* Along with relevant stakeholders, review the Programme Plan against business-as-usual plans to ensure change can be adopted effectively;* Support and assure project-level planning and dependency management, maintaining a two-way flow of information between the Programme and its constituent parts;* Monitor performance by gathering relevant data, analysing information and evaluating the results, and by maintaining appropriate MI and dashboards;* Actively promote planning activities, creating a greater awareness and understanding of their importance;* Ensure the Planning service provided to the Programme is continually improved (e.g. via Lessons Learned), and that arrangements are in place for an appropriate transfer of skills and knowledge;* To deputise for the Programme Manager as required.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000486259
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR278985
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

CPV Codes

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£190,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Apr 20179 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Additional Buyers

ARK Housing Association

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeenshire Council

Accountant in Bankruptcy

Angus Council

Ayrshire College

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Falkirk Council

Fife Council

Forestry Commission

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Lanarkshire

Orkney Islands Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Registers of Scotland

Routes to Work Limited

Scottish Borders Council

Scottish Borders Housing Association

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Police Authority

South Lanarkshire Council

The Highland Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH6 6QQ
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Leith
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
43
Supplier Names

Harvey Nash

Capital Cleaning Service

Central Taxis (abdn) Ltd

B Desport & Co

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd

City Gate Construction (Scotland) Limited

Parity Professionals Limited

TMS

James Swinton & Co Ltd

Pillar Software Ltd.

Levenseat Ltd

Gavia Environmental Ltd

Sweco UK Limited

derek brown forestry & gardening contractor

ACTS Partnership Ltd

Be-IT Resourcing

SPRING TECHNOLOGY

Spring Technology Staffing Services Limited

A M Phillip Trucktech Ltd

Malcolm Hughes Land Surveyors Ltd

Leidos Innovations

A.A. & D. Fraser

Pat Munro (Alness) Ltd

Fairways GM

Rocket Exhibitions & Events Ltd

CMAL

Patersons Waste Management Ltd

Viridor Waste Management

Brodies

3x1 Public Relations

Insight Direct (UK) Ltd

War Productions Ltd

XMA Limited

Après Furniture Ltd

Specialist Computer Centres

Hays Public Services

Eden Scott Ltd

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

Pertemps

Sciamed Ltd

energen biogas

Care Monitoring 2000 Ltd

CDW Limited

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