---
title: "Consultancy Review"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e797"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UK Research and Innovation"
published: "2026-08-19"
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# Consultancy Review

Buyer: UK Research and Innovation  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e797

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## Summary

UK Research and Innovation commissioned a consultancy review to be carried out within the organisation. The requirement is classified as business and business-related services and falls within the wider management consultancy field. Delivery covers UKRI activity across England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, the South East and the South West. This is a professional services requirement for a supplier able to review an organisation or its activities and provide consultancy input. The contracting organisation is UK Research and Innovation, a public research body based in Swindon. The work is therefore relevant to management consultancies and professional services firms with experience of advising public-sector research organisations or similarly complex, geographically distributed bodies.

The procurement has been awarded. UK Research and Innovation used a limited procedure without a prior published competition and made a direct award under the CCS Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4). The requirement was evaluated on price. Efficio Ltd was selected as the supplier for the consultancy review. The contract is valued at £256,000, with the contract signed on 29 July 2026. One bid was recorded. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The tender was marked complete, while the associated lot was recorded as cancelled; the active award and contract identify Efficio Ltd as the selected supplier. The published outcome therefore records a completed award rather than a competition for new suppliers to enter.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates demand from UKRI for substantial management consultancy support delivered across England. It also shows the buyer’s preferred route for this requirement: a direct award through MCF4, with price as the stated evaluation basis. A credible future competitor would need to provide consultancy review capability suited to UKRI’s research-focused public-sector environment, demonstrate capacity to work across a geographically distributed organisation, and hold an appropriate position on the relevant management consultancy framework. The successful supplier was a large professional services firm, indicating that delivery capacity and the ability to manage an organisation-wide review are commercially relevant. Firms tracking this buyer should align their offer with these requirements rather than treating the work as a general local consultancy assignment.

## Notice

A supplier is required to undertake a consultancy review within UKRI

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A supplier is required to undertake a consultancy review within UKRI. Additional information: This is a direct award under MCF4

### Procurement Information

Direct Award under MCF4 - CCS Framework RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078979-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £256,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK Research and Innovation |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Efficio Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 13:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078979-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ukri.org/

## Provenance

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