Procurement of Consultancy Services

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Benjamin Barnes

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please could you provide a breakdown of which mechanisms you procure consultancy services from, specifically:

1. Do you use national procurement frameworks to procure consultancy?
a. If so, which frameworks do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you are part of.

2. Do you use third party neutral vendors/procurement solution providers (eg ESPO, Bloom, Procurement hub) to procure consultancy?
a. If so which do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the vendors you use.

3. Do you use internal frameworks to procure consultancy? (IE frameworks that are not national, that you administer yourselves or share with a small number of other local authorities)
a. If so what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you have and when will they expire/re-open for applications.

4. Have you procured consultancy services through your own unique, project specific tender processes? (for example advertising a tender for a specific consultancy piece of work)
a. If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was procured through this route, and where do you advertise such opportunities?

5. Have you procured consultancy services through any other mechanisms in the last 12 months? (for example direct awards). If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was this for.

Yours faithfully,

Benjamin Barnes

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Dear Benjamin Barnes 
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Dear Mr Barnes
Thank you for submitting your Public Information Request dated 10/07/2019. Your unique reference for this case is CRN00235704 , please use should you need to get in touch with us in the future. 
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"Customer Relations Team" <complaints.feedback@bristol.gov.uk>, Bristol City Council

You sent us a Freedom of Information request on 10/07/2019

Your request number is CRN00235704

Our reply to your request is:  

1.      Do you use national procurement frameworks to procure consultancy? Yes

a.      If so, which frameworks do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you are part of.CCS, ESPO, YPO, Bloom. 45.63% (CCS)

 

2.      Do you use third party neutral vendors/procurement solution providers (eg ESPO, Bloom, Procurement hub) to procure consultancy? Yes

a.      If so which do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the vendors you use. 45.63% CCS

 

3.      Do you use internal frameworks to procure consultancy? (IE frameworks that are not national, that you administer yourselves or share with a small number of other local authorities)No

a.      If so what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you have and when will they expire/re-open for applications. 45.63% 31/03/2020

 

4.      Have you procured consultancy services through your own unique, project specific tender processes? (for example advertising a tender for a specific consultancy piece of work)Yes

a.      If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was procured through this route, and where do you advertise such opportunities? All Invitation to Tenders are issued via our E-Portal System and published.

 

5.      Have you procured consultancy services through any other mechanisms in the last 12 months? (for example direct awards). If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was this for. 27.51%

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