Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Third-party Spend Review and Contract Management Framework Consultancy Services
Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthend-on-Sea City Council requires consultancy services to undertake a comprehensive review of third-party spend and supplier contracts, and to design and implement a corporate Contract Management Framework. This work will provide a robust evidence base on external expenditure, identify efficiency and savings opportunities, and leave a sustainable toolkit for the Council to strengthen commercial discipline and deliver greater value for money.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Provision of Third-party Spend Review and Contract Management…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:55 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:55 BST
- Authority reference
DN790424- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066299- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cecbFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Oct 2025, 12:55 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Provision of Third-party Spend Review and Contract Management Framework Consultancy Services
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2025
- Value
- £54,850 inc. VAT
- Period
- 7 Oct 2025 – 15 Dec 2025
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Delivery of milestones to agreed timetable · Quality of spend analysis and framework outputs · Knowledge transfer and training delivered
- Delivery of milestones to agreed timetable
- Quality of spend analysis and framework outputs
- Knowledge transfer and training delivered
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- HUMAN ENGINE LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender