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title: "Award of Interim Staff - Planning Manager"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000486259"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2017-04-04"
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# Award of Interim Staff - Planning Manager

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000486259

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Scottish Government, which is seeking to award a contract titled "Award of Interim Staff - Planning Manager". This process falls under the services industry category and is based in Scotland. The tender period commenced on 3rd April 2017 and concluded on 30th March 2018. The current procurement stage is the Award phase, with an awarded contract amounting to £190,000 for the provision of planning management services, which were awarded to Harvey Nash following the tender process that included four bids.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in temporary and agency staffing, particularly those with expertise in project and planning management services. Companies focusing on professional staffing solutions, including recruitment agencies and consultancy firms experienced in strategic planning, would be well-positioned to compete in such tenders. Engaging in contracts like this can facilitate business growth by expanding service offerings and establishing beneficial relationships with government bodies.

## Notice

* Lead the work to ensure that the Programme and its constituent projects have appropriate plans in order to allow resource commitment, tracking, oversight and scenario modelling (e.g. impact assessing a likely change);* Define, establish, and assure the arrangements for planning (incl. product identification and estimation), dependency management (incl. internal and external dependencies and constraints), and produce the Programme's Planning strategy and 'plan for a plan';* Ensure the ease of 'roll-up' of milestone, dependency, risk, outcome and benefit realisation information, and that audience-specific views of planning information are maintained;* Establish and maintain the Programme Plan (as single source of the truth) and dependency log, undertaking appropriate dependency tracking;* Ensure that activities relating to pre-transition (e.g. project-level activities and outputs), transition (e.g. go-lives, hyper care, handover) and post-transition (e.g. embedding and benefit realisation) are included in the programme plan;* Assist in the identification and reporting of resource clashes and shortcomings or other areas of concern (e.g. any deviation that requires an exception report);* Along with relevant stakeholders, review the Programme Plan against business-as-usual plans to ensure change can be adopted effectively;* Support and assure project-level planning and dependency management, maintaining a two-way flow of information between the Programme and its constituent parts;* Monitor performance by gathering relevant data, analysing information and evaluating the results, and by maintaining appropriate MI and dashboards;* Actively promote planning activities, creating a greater awareness and understanding of their importance;* Ensure the Planning service provided to the Programme is continually improved (e.g. via Lessons Learned), and that arrangements are in place for an appropriate transfer of skills and knowledge;* To deputise for the Programme Manager as required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR278985 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Apr 2017 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Apr 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £190,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Additional buyers | ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL; ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL; ACCOUNTANT IN BANKRUPTCY; ANGUS COUNCIL; ARK HOUSING ASSOCIATION; AYRSHIRE COLLEGE; COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL; FALKIRK COUNCIL; FIFE COUNCIL; FORESTRY COMMISSION; NHS FORTH VALLEY; NHS LANARKSHIRE; ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL; PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL; REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND; ROUTES TO WORK LIMITED; SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL; SCOTTISH BORDERS HOUSING ASSOCIATION; SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE; SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY; SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL; THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL |
| Locality | WEST LOTHIAN |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH55 8PN |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Leith |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 43 |
| Supplier names | 3X1 PUBLIC RELATIONS; A M PHILLIP TRUCKTECH; A.A. & D. FRASER; ACTS PARTNERSHIP; APRÈS FURNITURE; B DESPORT; BE-IT RESOURCING; BRODIES; CAPITAL CLEANING SERVICE; CARE MONITORING 2000; CDW; CENTRAL TAXIS (ABDN; CITY GATE CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND; CMAL; DEREK BROWN FORESTRY & GARDENING CONTRACTOR; EDEN SCOTT; ENERGEN BIOGAS; FAIRWAYS GM; GAVIA ENVIRONMENTAL; HARVEY NASH; HAYS PUBLIC SERVICES; HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT; INSIGHT DIRECT (UK; JAMES SWINTON; KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (UK; LEIDOS; LEVENSEAT; MALCOLM HUGHES LAND SURVEYORS; PARITY PROFESSIONALS; PAT MUNRO (ALNESS; PATERSONS WASTE MANAGEMENT; PERTEMPS; PILLAR SOFTWARE; ROCKET EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS; SCIAMED; SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES; SPRING TECHNOLOGY; SPRING TECHNOLOGY STAFFING SERVICES; SWECO; TMS; VIRIDOR WASTE MANAGEMENT; WAR PRODUCTIONS; XMA |

## Release History

- 4 Apr 2017 at 13:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR278985

## Notice URLs

- http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
- http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk
- http://www.aib.gov.uk
- http://www.angus.gov.uk/
- http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
- http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
- http://www.forestry.gov.uk/centralscotland
- http://www.highland.gov.uk/
- http://www.nhsforthvalley.com
- http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk
- http://www.orkney.gov.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.scotborders.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
- http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.spa.police.uk
- http://www1.ayrshire.ac.uk/

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