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title: "Lot 6 - Procurement & Supply Chain"
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published: "2025-12-08"
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# Lot 6 - Procurement & Supply Chain

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f0ea

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## Summary

The London Borough of Southwark has completed a contract for an exhaustive Procurement and Third Party Spend Review, awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). This initiative is part of Lot 6 under the Crown Commercial Service's RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework. The contract, valued at £173,950, commenced on 6 October 2025 and will conclude on 6 March 2026. Focusing on business and management consultancy services, the project is located within the region designated as UKI44. The procurement process utilised a restricted procedure, ensuring a selective engagement of participants, and aims at enhancing procurement practices to align with the Procurement Act 2023 and Southwark's strategic objectives for 2030.

This contract represents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for large consultancy firms specialising in procurement and financial management services. Companies adept at conducting comprehensive spend analyses, offering strategic procurement insights, and benchmarking organisational capabilities will find this tender of significant interest. The review’s scope presents numerous areas for improving procurement efficiency and supplier management, offering a platform for consultancy businesses to leverage their expertise in developing data-driven recommendations, implementing cost-saving strategies, and aligning procurement operations with cutting-edge standards and policies. This not only provides a pathway to enhance competitive advantage but also affirms the potential for future collaborations within public sector frameworks.

## Notice

The London Borough of Southwark has awarded a contract for a comprehensive Procurement and Third Party Spend Review. The project aims to enhance procurement effectiveness, optimise external spend, and strengthen contract and supplier management practices in line with the Procurement Act 2023 and the Council's Southwark 2030 vision. The review covers all categories of third party spend, assessing supplier relationships, benchmarking procurement practices against best in class standards, and evaluating governance frameworks and the contract lifecycle. The Supplier will deliver data driven insights and actionable recommendations to inform a redesigned procurement and commissioning operating model. Expected outcomes include: * Full visibility and categorisation of third party spend through development of the contract register. * Identification, validation and prioritisation of at least ten high impact cost saving opportunities. * A baseline and benchmark of the procurement lifecycle, with proposals for a redesigned operating model aligned to the Council's ERP replacement programme Southwark360. * Benchmarking organisational capability and workforce capacity against the National Procurement Policy Statement. * Strengthened contract management and provider performance to ensure value for money, improve accountability and reduce risk. The Supplier will provide practical deliverables including inception and progress reports, stakeholder engagement summaries, spend analysis dashboards, business cases, toolkits and a final strategic report consolidating findings and recommendations. The contract runs from 6 October 2025 to 6 March 2026 and has been awarded under Lot 6 of the CCS RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The London Borough of Southwark has awarded a contract for the provision of a comprehensive Procurement and Third-Party Spend Review under the Crown Commercial Service RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework 3, Lot 6. The Council faces significant financial pressures and increasing service demands, and requires a structured, independent review to identify cost-saving opportunities, enhance spend visibility, and strengthen procurement and contract management. The successful supplier, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), will deliver an evidence-based review of procurement activity, supplier relationships, and third-party spend, producing actionable recommendations aligned with Southwark's strategic objectives and the Procurement Act 2023. The scope of services includes: Conducting a comprehensive analysis of the Council's third-party spend to establish full visibility and categorisation across all services. Reviewing supplier relationships, contract efficiency, and off-contract spend to identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities. Identifying, validating, and prioritising at least ten high-impact cost-saving opportunities, each supported by business cases, risk assessments, and implementation recommendations. Benchmarking the Council's procurement and commissioning operating model, governance structures, and processes against best practice and public sector standards, including alignment with the Southwark 360 ERP replacement programme. Assessing procurement and contract management capability and workforce capacity in line with the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS). Reviewing contract management practices, supplier performance, and provider accountability to strengthen value-for-money and reduce risk. Delivering practical outputs such as spend dashboards, savings registers, governance assessments, toolkits, and a final strategic report to support sustainable improvement. Key deliverables include: An inception report and detailed project plan. Spend analysis reports with interactive dashboards. A prioritised set of savings opportunities with full business cases. A redesigned procurement and commissioning operating model with governance and capability recommendations. A contract and supplier management review with improvement actions. A final consolidated report with benchmarking data, findings, and a phased implementation roadmap. The contract is valued at PS173,950.00 and will run from 06 October 2025 to 06 March 2026. This is a fixed-term arrangement with no option to extend. The supplier will be required to work closely with Council stakeholders, provide regular progress updates, and ensure knowledge transfer to support long-term improvements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080680-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £173,950 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 2QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | London Bridge & West Bermondsey |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP (PWC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

## Release History

- 8 Dec 2025 at 14:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080680-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.southwark.gov.uk

## Provenance

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