Benchmarking the Cost of Delivery for Defra Shared Services
The objective of the exercise is to baseline current Defra Shared Services performance in terms of cost. Reference number: SS025
Deadline date: 14/02/2012
This deadline is for… Submission
Contract value: £15,000 – £20,000
Location where the contract is to be carried out: United Kingdom
Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes
Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? No
Name of the buying organisation: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Description of the contract
The objective of the exercise is to baseline current Defra Shared Services performance in terms of cost, to assess Defra Shared Services’ relative position against other providers and in particular establish the cost profile for upper quartile providers. This will enable improvement opportunities to be identified and quantified and provide an understanding of the path towards upper quartile. It will also quantify target savings that might be achievable through operational change, the economies of scale as the result of volume change through on or off boarding and provide evidence to support a more commercial approach to customer charges. Full terms of reference are attached (provisional dates have been given as below and will need to be updated in line with this procurement request). Agree Terms of Reference 03.02.12 Invitation to Tender for Benchmarking 07.02.12 Review of tenders 15.02.12 Benchmarking Award 16.02.12 Benchmarking Exercise 17.02.12 to 23.03.12 Issue of Draft Report 27.03.12 Issue of Final Report 30.03.12 The delivery is required by the end of March 2012 at the latest
Classification of the contract
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
79411100 Business development consultancy services
72221000 Business analysis consultancy services
Additional information
Contract type: Services – Unspecified
Is it a framework agreement? No
Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No
Contract will be awarded based on: Lowest price
Estimated length of contract: 17/02/2012 – 31/03/2012
Who to contact
Contact name Judith Ginger
Address SSD, Lion House, Willowburn Trading Estate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2PF
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Email judith.ginger@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Web address http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/