Common use of SERVICES SPECIFICATIONS Clause in Contracts

SERVICES SPECIFICATIONS. 2.1. The scope of each Lot is described in the table below. 2.2. The Service lines listed in the table below are indicative of the types of consultancy Services typically arising on an assignment falling within the scope of each relevant Lot (for which the Supplier has been successful in securing a place on the Framework Agreement) but are not exhaustive. 2.3. The Supplier acknowledges that the Contracting Bodies shall be responsible for determining in their sole discretion which of the fifteen (15) Lots under the Framework Agreement is or are most appropriate in relation to any particular Order for the provision of consultancy services under the Framework Agreement. 1. Multi Specialism Programme Delivery N/A Longer term contracts (typically more than one month) that will include multi, (i.e. more than one), consultancy specialism for the successful delivery of significant projects and or programmes. These types of contracts will tend to be high value, complex, longer term programmes of work, (such as “client side support” and or including design-build type projects) (“operating” would be covered in alternative ICT arrangements). The scope of this lot will provide the flexibility for departments to procure a programme of work or project that will include the total life cycle of the programme or project – ensuring continuity of provision from advice through to successful delivery. This approach should provide enhanced value for money through the reduction in procurement effort, bidding effort on behalf of the supply market and to access economies of scale relative to the size, value and status of the particular project. The Multi Specialism Programme Delivery Lot will provide a single route to access the provision of strategic, high level, broad based and innovative advice across a wide range of disciplines. There are four main elements within the scope of this lot, which, when taken together, differentiate from other Consultancy services and these are: 1. Context: Transformational Projects Related to significant internal organisational change including changes to structures, corporate systems or processes or external changes including functional redesign, delivery systems or means of engagement with stakeholders. 2. Role: Client-side Advisory Services The provision of advice, guidance and professional support focusing on the provision of high quality impartial and or functionally specific and or “expert” advice for the identification of innovative solutions and recommendations. The customer may invite the involvement of a client-side adviser at an early stage within a project to formulate transformational policy and provide strategic advice, through the design and change management phases.