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title: "Senior Delivery Advisor"
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buyer: "DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL"
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# Senior Delivery Advisor

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e716ce07-e392-48c1-b73c-5a81ca799450

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## Summary

The procurement process concerns a contract titled "Senior Delivery Advisor," issued by the Defra Network eTendering Portal, focusing on legal advisory and information services. This project is located in London, England, with a total contract value of £119,145. The procurement method involves a selective process via a call-off from a framework agreement. The contract period spans from April 1, 2021, to September 30, 2021, while the tender period concluded on March 1, 2021. The award notice was published on June 15, 2021.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in legal advisory services, project management, or those with experience in supporting government programmes, especially pertaining to EU exits. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to engage, as the contracting authority is inclined to source from these sectors, presenting a favourable competition landscape for innovative and capable firms.

## Notice

Business Partner role responsibilities: Directly supporting a SRO in delivery of their assigned EU Exit Programme by; - Advocating and demonstrating the value of good project discipline via the application of effective project controls and standard project tools - Supporting the adoption and embedding of agreed project standards and tools, including educating teams/ individuals in the benefits of effective and consistent application where appropriate - Facilitating access to expert support following effective diagnosis of business need or problem - Providing delivery context by helping teams/ individuals to connect with the 'bigger picture' at portfolio, Defra group or government level - Encouraging and facilitating problem-solving to overcome barriers to delivery. - Gathering and sharing intelligence (from projects and from the PMO perspective) to expose common/ shared challenges and drive portfolio-level solutions. - Helping teams/ individuals to surface project risks and issues and identify and execute appropriate mitigations/ actions to address. - Capturing and sharing the learning, whilst finding ways to convert into process improvements that benefit all projects - Acting as interpreter in helping business units to translate EU Exit Delivery Group demands/ requirements into actionable and value-adding delivery or assurance activity - Enabling two-way engagement between the projects and the EU Exit Delivery Group; ensuring that delivery concerns are heard, challenged where appropriate and acted on. - Articulating and exemplifying 'what good looks like' in terms of project delivery, governance and reporting (including risk and issue management) - Setting a high standard and demanding the best of the teams/ individuals; providing constructive challenge where quality is compromised or delivery engagement is low - Driving delivery actions and decisions towards the appropriate role/ governance group; supporting SROs, Project Leads and Project Managers to deliver their accountabilities and responsibilities - Accepting responsibility (on behalf of the PMO) when things have gone wrong, and taking ownership for finding a solution/ fixing issues - Identifying and highlighting gaps in capacity and/ or capability and working with senior leaders to identify solutions. Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents, please access the E-Tendering portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk", ensuring that your registration includes "Defra". If you have any problems with this system, please contact Bravo on their telephone helpline number 0800 368 4850 or by emailing them at help@bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4658aae6-65c5-4046-8164-65e37fd70806 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jun 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Mar 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2021 - 30 Sep 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £119,145 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £119,145 |
| 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 | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | SP1J 3JR |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALLEN LANE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79140000 - Legal advisory and information services

## Release History

- 15 Jun 2021 at 13:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4658aae6-65c5-4046-8164-65e37fd70806

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4658aae6-65c5-4046-8164-65e37fd70806
  15th June 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1b02d5b2-e617-4985-815d-f76abc583546
  n/a

## Notice URLs

- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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