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Dear Mr Barnes

Ref No: 5271

Thank you for your email of 10^th July requesting information about
Procurement of Consultancy Services.

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Jo Spain

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Stroud District Council

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Glos, GL5 4UB

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Dear Mr Barnes

Please find answers to you questions below:

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?

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.

Frameworks we have previously used:

Crown Commercial Services

Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation

North West Procurement Organisation

Westworks Framework

Procurement for Housing

Fusion 21

Percentage spend over last 12 months:

Crown Commercial Services – 11%

Fusion 21 – 5%

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

No

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.

n/a

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.

n/a

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?

43%

Procurement portal – [1]www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

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.

Yes

41%

Regards

Jo Spain

Business Support Officer

Stroud District Council

Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud,

Glos, GL5 4UB

01453 754589

[2][email address]

[3]www.stroud.gov.uk

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