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Capital Ambition
Consultancy and Professional Services Procurement Project
March 2010
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The picture in London
London local authorities spent an estimated £320m on consultancy and professional services in 2007/08.
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Common challenges in managing consultancy spend
• purchase and use are fragmented across local authorities;
• often hidden under outsourcing / project costs;
• often booked as agency staff and vice versa;
• often booked under ‘professional fees’ and ‘audit’;
• organisations do not categorise it.
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Help to manage consultancy spend
• The Consultancy and Professional Services Procurement Project provides five free products / services to help local authorities:
– improve results from the purchase and use of consultants;
– target a 10% reduction in expenditure;
– tighten the commissioning process;
– support rates negotiations;
– allow comparison and transparency;
– allow for sharing of reports and knowledge.
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Five free consultancy products / services
1. The Consultancy Commissioning Toolkit
2. A Guide to Buying Consultancy
3. The Buying Consultancy Services Workshop
4. The Consultancy Brokerage Model
5. The Consultancy Knowledge Centre
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1. The Consultancy Commissioning Toolkit
• practical guidance and resources to review:
– the approach and procurement process;
– the management and evaluation of commissioning consultants.
• the toolkit provides:
– best practice guidance;
– example documents e.g, project initiation document.
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2. A Guide to Buying Consultancy
• supplements the Consultancy Commissioning Toolkit;
• pragmatic guidance to focus on and identify the results needed;
• recognises that many purchases are relatively small e.g, up to £75K;
• helps to develop an audit trail for each purchase.
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3. Buying Consultancy Services Workshop
• one day interactive workshop focusing on:
– skills to commission & manage consultancy assignments;
– how consultancy services are specified, tendered and commissioned;
– commercial benefits and service enhancements.
• in-house workshop (£800+VAT to train 15 officers).
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4. The Consultancy Brokerage Model
• a central point internally for commissioning consultants;
• determines and challenges the need for consultants;
• helps to:
– minimise the effects of fragmented practices;
– control purchases and save cash;
– improve results and solve problems;
– develop and use collective capability.
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5. The Consultancy Knowledge Centre (CKC)
• a secure web-based database;
• capability to share information on completed assignments;
• each organisation uploads and maintains its information;
• information includes:
– project durations and overall costs;
– project scope and approach;
– consultants commissioned and final recommendations.
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Summary
The Consultancy and Professional Services Procurement project offers five free products/services to help reduce spend and improve results from the purchase and use of consultants.
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Further information…
• For more information on the Consultancy and Professional Services Procurement Project, visit the London Councils website: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/capitalambition/projects/consultandproprocurement/
• Other useful links
– Local Government Professional Services Group - http://www.ogc.gov.uk/lgpsg.asp
– ProClass - the local government-owned procurement classification standard http://proclass.nationaliep.gov.uk