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ClosedStage · contract

Defra

Synergy ERP Cluster Programme Consultancy

Business ServicesCPV 79411000
Value£14k
Deadline19 Dec 2023
Published20 Dec 2023
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 20 Dec 2023ClosedCloses 19 Dec 2023
Contract value in context
£14ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

Defra has contracted for advisory services to support, challenge and provide insight to ensure: 1) Best practice, lessons learnt and ways of working from Defra's Group Corporate Services model can be extrapolated into the Synergy partnership approach.

2) In scope departments feel collectively connected and have an equal voice in the way the shared services organisation is run and managed.

3) Relevant risks and issues to a partnership agreement are effectively managed as the approach develops.

4) The approach is welcomed by the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) who are likely to be responsible for auditing Synergy service provision in the future.

The consultant will be used to provide an Advisory Service to help challenge, test, assure and act as a critical friend as the partnership agreement develops.

If capacity allows assistance in the review and drafting of the agreement, can be provided within the time agreed.

The service will not provide any legal, technical, performance or data sharing advice.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Defra has contracted for advisory services

Defra has contracted for advisory services to support, challenge and provide insight to ensure:.

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4) The approach is welcomed by

4) The approach is welcomed by the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) who are likely to be responsible for auditing Synergy service provision in the future.

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The consultant will be used to provide

The consultant will be used to provide an Advisory Service to help challenge, test, assure and act as a critical friend as the partnership agreement develops.

04

The service will not provide any legal

The service will not provide any legal, technical, performance or data sharing advice.

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Stage
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