Provision of Zero-based Budgeting Review Consultancy Services

Official notice

Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council (Local council)

Below threshold - limited competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£43,875published contract · inc. VAT

Awarded 7 Oct 2025

Awarded to Peopletoo Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southend-on-Sea City Council requires consultancy services to deliver a transformational Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) review of a designated service area. The review will rebuild the budget from first principles, ensuring that all activities are clearly costed, justified, and aligned with the Council's strategic priorities, Corporate Plan outcomes and Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS). This exercise is intended not only to identify savings, but also to create a replicable methodology and evidence base to support wider corporate roll-out.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

66171000 Financial consultancy services

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Oct 2025, 12:53 BST
Last source update: 17 Oct 2025, 12:53 BST
Authority reference: DN790425
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-066298
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ceca Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
17 Oct 2025, 12:53 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £43,8751 contract inc. VAT; no net value published

Contracts signed 1latest 7 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Peopletoo LtdSME	£43,875 inc. VAT †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Zero-based Budgeting Review Consultancy Services · Peopletoo LtdSME
Signed
7 Oct 2025
Value
£43,875 inc. VAT
Period
8 Oct 2025 – 15 Dec 2025
Status
active
3 agreed KPIs: Completion of review to agreed timetable · Stakeholder satisfaction with process/outputs · Knowledge transfer to internal finance staff
- Completion of review to agreed timetable
- Stakeholder satisfaction with process/outputs
- Knowledge transfer to internal finance staff

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJDT-6566-GZNX Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend On Sea, Essex, Southend On Sea, East of England, ss2 6faContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PEOPLETOO LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06969524GB-PPON: PDWT-9876-QBLN Unit 4a Wheatcroft Business Park Landmere Lane, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG12 4DGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender17 Oct 2025, 12:53 BST