--- title: "Specialist Transformation Comms & Stakeholder Engagement Consultancy" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE" published: "2022-10-13" --- # Specialist Transformation Comms & Stakeholder Engagement Consultancy Buyer: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a4cd0fb4-3dd5-4312-a565-44ac57af935b.json) ## Summary The National Institute For Health And Care Excellence (NICE) has completed an award process for a specialist transformation communications and stakeholder engagement consultancy. The procurement process, initiated as a tender, aimed to support NICE in transforming its business units to enhance resource utilization. The tender, titled "Specialist Transformation Comms & Stakeholder Engagement Consultancy," falls under the industry category of Business services. The procurement method used was a direct procurement with a single tender action. The contract is valued at £85,000 and has a contract period starting from October 1, 2022, to December 30, 2022. The deadline for tender submission was September 1, 2022, and the contract was awarded on October 3, 2022. This tender offers opportunities for organisations experienced in whole organisation communications and stakeholder engagement activities to work with NICE. The successful supplier, Bevcor Group Ltd, will collaborate with NICE to define key change messages, develop transformation communication plans, and engage stakeholders effectively, aligning with NICE's strategic goals. Businesses with significant experience in public sector communications, change management, and Board-level interaction are well-suited to compete for this opportunity. The contract, aimed at driving organisational transformation and stakeholder involvement, supports NICE's efforts to enhance healthcare services through effective communication strategies. ## Notice In April 2021, we launched our new NICE strategy 2021 to 2026. Our stakeholders have told us that they would like us to develop as an organisation and during 22/23 we will focus on transforming three key elements of how we work: i) actively drawing in the most cutting-edge improvements in care ii) rapidly and robustly translating into useful and useable advice iii) purposefully influencing the system to adopt NICE is focussing on those areas that provide the greatest benefit to people and patients, thereby continuing to contribute to the priorities of the health and care system. This includes performance against cancer standards, expansion of virtual ward models, exploiting the potential of digital technologies to transform the delivery of care and patient outcomes and making the most effective use of NHS resources by following the evidence base behind these innovations. NICE needs support to transform our business units and their processes so that we make best use of the resources we have. We require an organisation wide stakeholder (internal and external) engagement and communications plan that includes: * defining the key change message and key messages for different audiences * an organisation wide transformation communications plan * stakeholder map and matrix - power/influence * stakeholder engagement plan including messages, medium and accountability * organising, hosting and facilitating communications events both internal and external * user insight feedback mechanisms * processes for agreement and cascade of transformation communications messages * gap analysis and skills transfer plan for a cohort of staff deployed on transformation demonstrator projects The transformation communication and stakeholder engagement plan align to and work with: * NICE's business as usual (BAU) communications activities * other organisational processes and practices, including those for strategy and policy development, business planning, finance, performance reporting, capability and capacity management, enterprise risk management, and communications * Alignment with government functional standards The successful supplier should have/be: * Significant experience of designing and successfully establishing whole organisation communications and stakeholder engagement activities. * Significant experience of working at Board and Executive Team level * Professional change practitioner with relevant qualifications or other equivalent experience or qualification * Significant experience of working within a regulated public sector organisation/s * Understanding of the NHS and the stakeholders within it that NICE's Guidance is for and how they would use it. * Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation and facilitation experience * Able to work at pace and deliver to tight deadlines. Applications through the framework. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6849e338-e7ee-487a-9600-251910645ee2 | | 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 | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | 1 Sep 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 2 Oct 2022 | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2022 - 30 Dec 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £85,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £85,000 | | 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 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E20 1JQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham | | Local authority | Newham | | Electoral ward | Stratford Olympic Park | | Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | BEVCOR GROUP | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 13 Oct 2022 at 15:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6849e338-e7ee-487a-9600-251910645ee2 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6849e338-e7ee-487a-9600-251910645ee2 13th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/20935784-8f25-47b6-bb7e-f14270523747 Redacted Award notice ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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