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title: "Department for Transport - Strategic Department Review Implementation Support 2025"
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# Department for Transport - Strategic Department Review Implementation Support 2025

Buyer: DFTC - DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a46101e9-e2d0-4f77-bc46-f3d3f53e1e8a

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## Summary

The Department for Transport (DfT) has completed the award stage for the contract titled "Strategic Department Review Implementation Support 2025" within the human resources management consultancy services category. This procurement targets diverse locations including the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, and the Rest of the World. The contract, procured through a direct single tender action below threshold, spans from 10 February 2025 to 9 April 2025 with a total value of £149,810 GBP. Key responsibilities include change management, programme development, data analysis, and communication, with outputs to be delivered via reports and workshops. The contract has been awarded to PA Consulting Services Ltd.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in change management and consultancy services, particularly those with expertise in developing and implementing strategic roadmaps within public sector organisations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to engage in similar opportunities. Businesses capable of providing in-depth analysis, facilitating workshops, and effectively communicating complex plans would find this contract especially well-suited to their skillset, potentially paving the way for further collaborations with the Department for Transport and other governmental agencies.

## Notice

The Department is establishing a small, dedicated team of civil servants to develop and oversee the roadmap and portfolio development, led by a DfT Deputy Director. The DfT team will report directly to the Director General of the Corporate Delivery Group, working closely with the wider Executive Leadership Team and ensuring a collective leadership approach to change implementation is developed across the Department. The external partner will need to provide knowledge and expertise in holistic change management, including supporting best practice programme development and road mapping. The external partner will have knowledge of the key areas for implementation of the SDR as they relate to DfT in its current state. These include Prioritisation, flexible working, spans and layers, Business Admin support, Grant Funding, Sponsorship, AI and processes and ways of working. The external partner will be required to work at pace in areas such as data gathering and analysis, project and programme management, workshop facilitation, roadmap generation, managing complexity, sustainable knowledge transfer, communication and collaborating. They will be required to communicate complex plans and any associated risks and issues with clarity. The team will be required to produce a number of outputs, generally in the form of written reports, visual presentations, and will be required to provide relevant workshop facilitation, verbal briefings and attend meetings alongside the civil servant team and the DfT Executive Leadership Team.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e13eb10e-aadd-4762-8bf4-c3e157185b4a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Feb 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | 10 Feb 2025 - 9 Apr 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £149,810 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £149,810 |
| 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 | DFTC - DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DR |
| 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 | Vincent Square |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PA CONSULTING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services

## Release History

- 24 Feb 2025 at 12:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e13eb10e-aadd-4762-8bf4-c3e157185b4a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e13eb10e-aadd-4762-8bf4-c3e157185b4a
  24th February 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e0ce5dd7-de2b-4107-aee9-e6f293b68eae
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