Managing Consultancy and Professional Services 940

• Consultancy+ have specialist teams to support and understand the requirement from the contracting authority
  
  
• A contracting authority has the ability to utilise a known consultant or professional, and Consultancy+ will support with onboarding them into their supply chain.
  
  
• Confidence that the right solution will be delivered based on the requirement.
  
  
• Single provider framework and easy direct award process.
  
  
• Support from YPO on understanding the requirement and services for each contracting authority.


• Save between 20-30% on your consultancy spend.


• Link payments to deliverables - this contractual and cultural shift can drive projects to be completed 15-20% faster.


• Mandating end dates for projects and deliverables - our PMO team are deployed to drive outcome and increase visibility and delivery.


• Introduce more competition - our experience shows us that effective competition can reduce fees by 12-15% on average.

Watch:

• Webinar - Understanding the World of Consultancy with Lucy Simpson

• 'Managing Consultancy Services'

Blog:

• Understanding the world of consultancy
  Last month we held a webinar introducing Consultancy+, the supplier of the new YPO framework; Managing Consultancy and Professional Services. We have pulled together some of the FAQs featured in this webinar below, as a handy guide for you.

Case Studies:

• South Kesteven District Council
  A new structure of support led to higher visibility of consultancy activity and increase competition to tenders.
  
  
• Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
  Consultancy+ worked alongside DMBC, to agree a Statement of Work ensuring qualified and vetted Assessors to address clear project objectives relating to the caseload back log.
  
  
• Torbay Council
  Torbay council embarked on a period of change within their Children Services Department. The council were looking to engage with a preferred supplier of consultancy services to support in building the necessary culture and organisational infrastructure to deliver its ambitions.
  
  
• Lancashire Constabulary
  Lancashire Constabulary engage with various providers of consultancy services across different areas of the organisation. The force were looking to appoint a managed service provider to consolidate consultancy spend under one banner. 
  
  
• Bromsgrove Council
  Bromsgrove and Redditch Council were looking for a bereavement specialist to help them make some key decisions around the future of their bereavement service. They were able to deploy a senior and experienced consultant to work with the Council and make some key recommendations around the future model.
  
  
• Belfast Council
  In early 2018, we were engaged by Belfast City Council to support in their requirement to set-up an efficient and dedicated procurement function within the Council.


• Service Procurement Case Study
  Consultancy+ was engaged by a large local authority to support the management of all consultancy and professional services spend through the YPO HR Solutions Framework. We implemented a phased approach in order to give our client control and visibility of their spend
  
  
• Coventry Council
  Our requirement was to find a Power BI Consultant to engage with the Council on a 3 day basis for 4 months. The engagement would be a blend of on and off-site and needed someone with significant sector and operational experience. The Consultant that were were able to engage, not only managed and delivered the project earlier than forecast but also saved the Council 23% against the rate card benchmark.
  
  
• Wyre Forest Council
  We were able to help Wyre Forrest Council through the provision of a commercialisation consultant. Our fixed price project delivered by an expert in the field who was able to support and guide the Council in what investment decisions to make across their current asset portfolio.