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title: "Consultancy for Support with the Budget Setting Process"
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# Consultancy for Support with the Budget Setting Process

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultancy-for-support-with-the-budget-setting-process-ocds-h6vhtk-05cede). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Slough Borough Council: "Consultancy for Support with the Budget Setting Process". Published status: active. Published Value: £125,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.sesharedservices.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Slough Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/slough-borough-council-ons-e06000039)
- **Published Value:** £125,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 October 2025 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy services, Financial consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultancy-for-support-with-the-budget-setting-process-ocds-h6vhtk-05cede#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cede`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultancy-for-support-with-the-budget-setting-process-ocds-h6vhtk-05cede#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sesharedservices.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sesharedservices.org.uk%2Fesourcing)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultancy-for-support-with-the-budget-setting-process-ocds-h6vhtk-05cede#participate

## Description
Slough Borough Council is seeking a professionally qualified consultancy organisation to Support the Council with the budget setting process with a focus on 2026/27 budget.
In July 2025, the Council commissioned a consultancy to develop a High-Level Council-Wide ‘Operating Model Design Diagnostic across the Council.  This has identified a number of key areas which savings could be made. The Council would like to explore these opportunities with a view to generating fully developed, tested and validated savings proposals which can be reflected in the 2026/27 budget setting process.  
Consultants will need to demonstrate that they have delivered this type of work in other Local Authorities or similar organisations.  Prospective bidders are to note that we have a restricted timetable for this piece of work and therefore the contract will commence on 3 November 2025 for a six week period.
The council will be holding a Presentation to Bidders on Tuesday 21st October at 2pm. This will be a maximum of twenty minutes to give an overview of the project and they key deliverables that we want to receive. 
If Bidders are interested in attending the presentation session, please send a message through the correspondence function with the email addresses of the attendees. 
The council proposes two phases for this programme. The Council may exercise a no obligation option to utilise Phase 2 if required. Please note the timelines are to deliver Phase 1 only. The council anticipates that the provider awarded the contract for Phase 1 will be required to deliver Phase 2. A further notice will be published if Phase 2 is awarded.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66171000, 79410000

- **Estimated Value:** £125,000

- **Contract Period:** 03/11/2025 to 12/12/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066326-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-17T12:49:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:52:38.465Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05cede