Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-08
Buyer: Scottish Enterprise
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 79400000 | 79410000 | 79411100 | 79414000
Estimated value: 1500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Enterprise (SE) is establishing a Framework Agreement consisting of 5 lots of 3 ranked suppliers, to deliver “Organisational and Workplace Innovation Reviews” to client companies.
This will be conducted under an Open tender process. It is anticipated that the framework will commence on 1st April 2018 for a 3 year period with SE having the option to extend the contract for a further 1year period.
Suppliers will offer a broad a range of experiences and methodologies to maintain flexibility of delivery to clients and, at the same time, offer value for money for SE and companies alike. Successful applicants will cover all of SE’s geographic area so the capacity to deliver is essential.
Reviews within this Lot will be commissioned to consider the extent to which organizations have the right skills, operating model, and organizational design to deliver current and future business demands. Activity within this Lot may explore:
— resource planning: utilization of skills, current and future skills gap analysis, diversity of the workforce,
— recruitment strategies and processes: capability to scale for growth, attracting & retaining a diverse workforce,
— succession planning: positioning the organization for growth, reducing risk, business continuity, family business or employee ownership considerations.
SE intends to appoint three suppliers to each Lot on a ranked call off basis. The call-off process for this framework will be ranked based on most economically advantageous tender as per the outcome of the tender process. Bidders may apply for as few or as many Lots as they wish and this should be clearly referenced.
The maximum number of Lots that a bidder will be awarded the first place is one, they can, however, be placed second/third place in other Lots. Further detail is provided in the Invitation to Tender document.
The framework agreement will be in place for a period of 36 months after which time Scottish Enterprise will have the option to extend the agreement for a further 12 month period to a maximum of 48 months as detailed above.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Reviews within this Lot will focus on leadership and management capability, assessing individual and team strengths/development areas, strategic focus and alignment, team cohesion and decision making.
Suppliers may work with organizations to review the extent to which managers understand their role, have the appropriate skills and competence to support team performance and drive organizational change and where development could be focussed to support productivity and cultural improvements.
SE intends to appoint three suppliers to each Lot on a ranked call off basis. The call-off process for this framework will be ranked based on most economically advantageous tender as per the outcome of the tender process. Bidders may apply for as few or as many Lots as they wish and this should be clearly referenced.
The maximum number of Lots that a bidder will be awarded the first place is one, they can, however, be placed second/third place in other Lots. Further detail is provided in the Invitation to Tender document.


Award value: 1500000