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title: "Delivery models for professional services and support"
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# Delivery models for professional services and support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-models-for-professional-services-and-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02bb21). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office for National Statistics: "Delivery models for professional services and support". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Office for National Statistics](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/office-for-national-statistics-gov-d303)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bb21`

## 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/delivery-models-for-professional-services-and-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02bb21#tl-md)

## Description
Across ONS we have been testing differing third party support in a wide range of operational and business areas that have needed professional support. This has included exploring proof of concept models alongside more established delivery models for professional services and contingent labour. The lessons learned from these models will build ONS’ Professional Services and Contingent Labour Strategy which we are aiming to get agreed internally by the end of July 2021 to meet our preferred procurement publication date.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** As part of the development of the strategy, ONS will finalise its preferred procurement route and will revise/reissue this notice if it is appropriate to do so.Historically, ONS has made use of public sector Frameworks in this area.  However, due to ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013230-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-11T14:42:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T09:58:44.683Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bb21