Disabled users: Growing innovative problem solving capability and team and organisational effectiveness

UK-London: Business-development consultancy services.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
             1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H0ET, United Kingdom
             Email: mark.pullen@beis.gov.uk
             Contact: Mark Pullen
             Main Address: https://www.bipsolutions.com, Address of the buyer profile: www.BEIS.gsi.gov.uk
             NUTS Code: UK
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: No.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Business-development-consultancy-services./8XPJM9K39M
      Additional information can be obtained from: the abovementioned address
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via www.delta-esourcing.com to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: www.delta-esourcing.com
      I.4) Type of the contracting authority
            Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
      I.5) Main activity
            General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
      II.1.1) Title: Growing innovative problem solving capability and team and organisational effectiveness       
      Reference Number: 1789/01/2019
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      79411100 - Business-development consultancy services.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
      II.1.4) Short description: The Department for Business, Energy and the Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Internal Consultancy aims to enable better decision making, primarily through facilitation: enabling the Department to find innovative solutions to some of our most pressing challenges, and by growing team and organisational effectiveness. Working with managers from across the Department and their stakeholders (internal and external) we seek to bring people together to problem solve and to make things happen to deliver BEIS priorities: challenging safely; thinking innovatively; exploring new perspectives; and, finding creative solutions.       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 320,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No       
   
II.2) Description
      
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      73220000 - Development consultancy services.
      79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
      79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
      
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: BEIS are seeking a supplier to operate as members of the BEIS Internal Consultancy team, providing continuity of engagement with key managers and projects, building ongoing relationships and an understanding of the priorities of BEIS.

It is essential that the supplier can provide a range of different facilitation services, products and expertise, and which can be drawn upon as appropriate to the issue in hand.

The supplier will work alongside the Head of the BEIS Internal Consultancy to take the lead in:

•Providing expertise, advice, support, and coaching in building individual, team and organisational effectiveness through a focus on facilitation, collaborative working, innovation and managing change. Transferring these skills to staff through a programme of direct coaching, consultancy, support, surgeries and demonstrations.

•Actively encouraging the use of innovative approaches to problem-solving to enable the Department to find innovative solutions to improve organisational and team effectiveness and support managers working in a policy environment where there are high levels of uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Mixing use of established tried and tested thinking and tools with emergent and latest thinking and the use of digital solutions. BEIS operates from a number of locations across the UK and the ability to make effective use of technology to support and engage colleagues working at a distance and in a more virtual environment is essential.

•Developing a more strategic and focused offering of BIC services, helping to ensure projects key to the delivery of BEIS are prioritised when considering when allocating BIC resources and services. Building an understanding of the Department’s priorities, establishing connections with other core departmental services enabling the capability of the organisation, and maintaining effective relationships with senior customers e.g. services provided by Policy Delivery and Private Office, the Programme Management Office, Organisational Design & Development, & Human Resources.

•Establishing and building relationships with the Department’s senior leaders to enable them to build high-performing teams and innovative problem-solving capability.

•Developing the BEIS Facilitator Network as a means of delivery. The supplier will provide a Facilitation Development Programme that will act as a pipeline for bringing new facilitators onto the BEIS Facilitator Network and ensuring colleagues are confident and skilled in providing facilitation services. In addition to direct facilitation, members of the Network buddy and support one another, share case studies, transfer skills to colleagues and develop specific skills (e.g. Action Learning Set facilitation, large group interventions, psychometric personality accreditation (Lumina Spark)), all of which are supported and coached by The BIC team.

•Creating a greater and more engaging and vibrant presence across the department, through improved digital presence and more regular communications including blogs, inspiring case studies. Meeting with staff to ‘market’ the service and gain customer insight. Build a stronger ‘virtual resource’ and library on change, innovation and organisational effectiveness, and showcase success and good practice.

•Providing a gateway to other specialisations, within and outside of BEIS, and the latest developments in creative and innovative thinking methods and alternative tools. Identifying ways and building the case about how we can make use of these in BEIS to drive organisational and team effectiveness, e.g. external speakers, thought leaders, digital applications.

•Providing support to manage the use of our digital and on-line collaboration tools in workshops and events.
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents            
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: Not provided       
      Currency: Not provided       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Duration in months: 48       
      This contract is subject to renewal: No       
      Description of renewals: Not provided
      
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8XPJM9K39M       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      Not Provided       
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
      III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
      Not Provided    
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description OPEN
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open   
   
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system    
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - NO    
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes       
   IV.2) Administrative information
      IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 09/04/2019 Time: 14:00
            
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: Not Provided      
      IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders:
         Date: 09/04/2019
         Time: 14:01
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: No    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used No       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted No       
   Electronic payment will be used No       
   VI.3) Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Business-development-consultancy-services./8XPJM9K39M

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8XPJM9K39M
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H0ET, United Kingdom
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not provided
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 06/03/2019

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