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# FCDO 4D Data Improvement Project

Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6663c10b-1412-477f-a48a-3b2c3a11026c

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## Summary

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London has completed a tender process for the "FCDO 4D Data Improvement Project" under the category of business and management consultancy services. The procurement method used was selective, specifically a call-off from the CCS Framework RM6187 - Management Consultancy Framework 3. This contract, valued at £992,780, was awarded on 15 November 2021, with the contract period running from 22 November 2021 to 31 March 2022. The tender process concluded on 14 October 2021.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for larger consultancy firms with expertise in data-driven initiatives, organisational transformation, and the public sector. Businesses that can offer innovative strategies to enhance data utilisation and address governance issues within governmental frameworks would be well-positioned to compete. The project aims to improve the FCDO’s capabilities in data analysis and evidence-based decision-making, making it essential for companies that can contribute to transformative data strategies.

## Notice

Award notice for the Provision of Consultancy Services for the FCDO 4D Data Improvement Project. The requirement was tendered using CCS Framework RM6187 - Management Consultancy Framework 3 (MCF 3). Additional information: Introduction and Background to the requirement On 2 September 2020 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was established. In order to meet our ambition for FCDO to be a data-driven and delivery focussed organisation, the Data Driven Diplomacy and Development (4D) transformation programme is identifying and delivering the skills, resources, capabilities, processes and culture changes required to "put data, evidence and analysis at the heart of all our work". Background 4D will achieve its vision to "put data, evidence and analysis at the heart of all our work", over several years, by making fundamental changes to the skills base of the FCDO; to its culture around the use of data, evidence and analysis; to the governance, tools and platforms it employs to enable and encourage a data-driven approach; and to the way we deploy the UK's data expertise externally to do good in the world. The 2021 Integrated Review commits the FCDO to put "greater emphasis on using insight and analysis from around the world to target our diplomatic interventions overseas more effectively and to inform the full breadth of domestic policy." We need to bolster the small 4D programme team's skills to match the programme's ambition: to deliver the two workstreams described below, working alongside wider FCDO data and analysis teams and Directorates. FCDO currently has data and analysis specialists in a range of central teams as well as embedded in key areas throughout the business. Some analytical functions are well established, such as the FCDO's Economics profession. This dispersal risks inefficiencies and fails to reach many areas of the department. To address this, we have recently brought some specialists together in one function, referred to the Central Analysis Function in this document. However the organisational design and operating model of the Central Function remains driven by the historical approaches taken across the two organisations, and the interaction with other analytical teams across the department needs to be agreed. 4D is a strand within the post-merger FCDO's Transformation agenda. The 'Delivery Framework, Role of Data & Evidence' transformation strand sits alongside eleven other major initiatives to define the way the FCDO operates. Most pertinently to the 4D programme, these include a Future Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) strand; a People Strategy; Organisational design; a Culture and Values strand; and an Expertise, Learning and Capability strand.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f19932d-7d5d-4bcf-8e44-5a847d95c2c8 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Dec 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Oct 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | 22 Nov 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £992,780 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £992,780 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OLIVER WYMAN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 9 Dec 2021 at 15:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f19932d-7d5d-4bcf-8e44-5a847d95c2c8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f19932d-7d5d-4bcf-8e44-5a847d95c2c8
  9th December 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office

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