Access to consultancy including business, strategy and policy, finance, HR, procurement, health/social care and community, infrastructure and environment.
Agreement number: RM6187
Start date: 24 August 2021
End date: 23 August 2025
Available for: Central government, the wider public sector, charities, voluntary and community organisations, education, health, local authorities, blue light (police, fire, ambulance and search and rescue), devolved administrations, social housing organisations.
You can use this agreement to access cost effective consultancy advice from a range of suppliers across 9 lots:
For a more detailed description, read the lot description document.
This agreement will run for 4 years and there will be no option to extend.
There is no maximum length for a call off contract under this agreement, but we recommend it should not be longer than 4 years.
MCF3 should not be used for the following types of procurement:
If you need more information contact our customer service centre on 0345 410 2222
You can use further competition or direct award to buy from this agreement.
Further competition is the default route to market. If you want to use direct award, make sure you get legal advice to confirm that this is a compliant route to market for your circumstances.
You can now buy online with CCS.
Please select a lot to start.
Objective advice relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of an organisation. This may include identifying options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Strategic objective advice relating to corporate strategies or government policy. This may include identifying options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective advice on complex programmes or portfolios of work which may be multi-disciplinary and/or transformational. This may include identification of options with recommendations, as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective strategic and operational financial advice. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective advice on HR which may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective advice in relation to procurement and supply chain. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective specialist advice in areas related to health, social care and / or community. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective specialist advice on areas related to infrastructure and/or transport. This may include identification of options with recommendations.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Objective strategic advice in areas related to environmental and/or sustainability. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
Expires: 23/08/2025
Each section below has the links to the documents, what they are for, when to use them and if you need to enter any information into them.
You might not need all the contractual documents to buy the products or services from this agreement.
Before buying from this agreement you should read the customer guide and how to use contractual documents.
The customer guide will help you understand how the agreement works and what you can or can't use the agreement for.
This section might also include further guides or lists you will need to look at and make selections from, as well as previous webinar slides and Q&A scripts from sessions with buyers and suppliers.
The core terms form part of the framework and call-off contracts and must be used on every contract. They cannot be changed.
The core terms are CCS's standard commercial terms. They govern the supplier's relationship with CCS and every customer who has a call-off contract.
When a customer decides to buy from a supplier, they'll complete an order form with important information about the call-off contract.
Customers can change any of their chosen schedules by adding special terms in the call-off order form.
A completed order form will contain:
The call-off contract will be created when both parties either agree to:
RM6187 Joint Schedule 1 Definitions
Essential document
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This defines significant words and phrases used in the core terms and template schedules. You will need to add any new definitions specifically needed for your contract, and add them as special terms in your call-off order form.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 2 Variation Form
Essential document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document.
Explains the format for formally documenting any contract changes you may need.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 3 Insurance Requirements
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An essential schedule that captures the supplier's basic obligations for any insurances needed at the framework level, and mandating that the supplier must give you any additional insurances that you specify in your order form.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 4 Commercially Sensitive Information
Essential document
You will need to enter details in this document
You should ask your supplier to tell you if any of the information they provided is commercially sensitive such that they would not want it disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Their response will provide the content for this schedule but it is your decision if the relevant information would be withheld if a relevant FOI request was received.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 5 Corporate Social Responsibility
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This is a core schedule that sets out basic corporate social responsibility (CSR) or social value requirements that apply to all suppliers in the agreement. You may have your own CSR or social value requirements to include in your contract and, where you have specified that as part of a competition, these must be satisfied.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 6 Key Sub-Contractors
Optional document
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You only need this document if the supplier uses one or more key-subcontractors to fulfil its obligations under your contract.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 7 Financial Difficulties
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
If a supplier has any financial difficulty when you use your call-off you will need to use this schedule to monitor their financial standing and any consequences of changes to this.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 8 Guarantee
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
You can use this schedule when you want assurance provided by a third party guarantor that the supplier's obligations will be met, because you are concerned about the financial status of your supplier.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 9 Minimum standards of reliability
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
A requirement for suppliers to demonstrate minimum standards of reliability in relation to high value contracts.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 10 Rectification Plan
Essential document
You will need to enter details in this document
This explains the format for any rectification plan that your supplier may have to provide in the event that you experience a supplier default.
RM6187 Joint Schedule 11 Processing Data
Essential document
You will need to enter details in this document
This schedule addresses the processing of any personal data associated with the performance of your contract. Normally, in terms of data protection rules:
In these circumstances you will need to clearly set out what personal data you are authorising the supplier to process, by using the data processing template available in this document.
In certain circumstances the customer and the supplier may decide that they have a joint controller relationship in respect of the processing of certain personal data in relation to an order contract. Where this is the case Annex 2 of the schedule must be used, and the data must be written in the data processing template.
Finally, there may be circumstances under which, for certain personal data, the supplier will maintain that they will be the controller without the customer being either a joint controller or processor. In this instance this should also be written in the data processing template.
Joint Schedule 12: Not used
Call-off schedules are used when suppliers sell their goods or services to customers.
You can choose which schedules to include and whether to edit these template schedules when they form a call-off contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 1 Transparency Reports
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
Information about the call-off contract you need from the supplier so that you can meet your public accountability and transparency requirements. If needed, you can complete Annex A: List of transparency reports which is in this document.
Call-Off Schedule 2: Not used
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 3 Continuous Improvement
Optional document
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If included as part of the schedule it means the supplier will need to make sure they try to identify new or potential improvements to how they meet the needs of the project, including through regular reviews with the customer.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 4 Call-Off Tender
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
Add the supplier's bid into this document, including anything additional they offered that you would like included in the contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 5 Pricing Details
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
This schedule should be used to show more detailed pricing information as well as the pricing in the order form.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 6 ICT services
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
Additional provisions necessary to facilitate the provision of ICT Services which are part of the deliverables of the call-off contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 7 Key Supplier Staff
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
This schedule makes sure that any key staff identified from the supplier will fill the key roles throughout the contract, and states what the supplier will do if any of the key staff are unavailable for a specified period of time.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 8 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Optional document
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What the supplier must do to make sure the call-off contract can still be delivered even if there's an unexpected event. Use if:
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 9 Security
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
What the supplier must do to make sure that customer data and deliverables are kept secure.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 10 Exit Management
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
What the supplier needs to do at the end of a call-off contract to help the customer continue to deliver public services.
Call-Off Schedule 11: Not used
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 12 Clustering
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
You can use this schedule if other customers (contracting authorities) want to join with you to buy using a single call-off, instead of lots of individual call-off contracts.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 13 Implementation Plan & Testing
Optional document
You will need to enter details in this document
The agreed plan for when the services will be delivered and tested to ensure they meet your needs.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 14 Service Levels
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
The standards of service required by the customer and what happens when these are not met.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 15 Call-Off Contract Management
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
How supplier and customer should work together on the call-off contract. We recommend using this document if you need to collaborate with the supplier to monitor and manage the call-off contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 16 Benchmarking
Optional document
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A process for comparing the value of the supplier against other providers in the market. We recommend you use this document if you need to benchmark the pricing to make sure you receive good market value over the life of the contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 17 MOD Terms
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
For Ministry Of Defence (MOD) customers only
Any additional terms needed by the MOD.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 18 Background Checks
Optional document
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You will need to enter details in this document
This schedule is used when supplier staff must be vetted for any relevant convictions before working on the contract.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 19 Scottish Law
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
Switches the interpretation of the call-off contract to Scottish law.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 20 Call-Off Specification
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
More information about your specification from the order form.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 21 Northern Ireland Law
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
Switches the interpretation of the call-off contract to Northern Ireland law.
RM6187 Call-Off Schedule 23 HMRC Terms
Optional document
If you use this schedule, you will need to enter details in this document
For HMRC customers only
Any additional terms needed by HMRC.
Framework schedules are used by CCS to set up the agreement with suppliers.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 1 Specification
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What CCS expects the supplier to provide to customers.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 2 Framework Tender
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How the supplier proposes to meet the specification requirements.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 3 Framework Prices
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Maximum rates the supplier can charge for services under the framework contract.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 4 Framework Management
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Describes how CCS and the supplier will manage the framework contract.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 5 Management Charges and Information
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Describes the management charges and information process and charges between CCS and the suppliers at framework contract level.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 6 Order forms and call-off schedules
You will need to enter details in this document.
If you already completed the order form in the Call-off order form section, you won’t need to complete this document, because they are the same.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 7 Call-Off Award Procedure
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The process a customer must follow to award a call-off contract, which needs to be clearly stated in your further competition documents.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 8 Self Audit Certificate
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CCS requires suppliers to provide a self audit certificate following an annual self audit to verify their accounts.
RM6187 Framework Schedule 9 Cyber Essentials Scheme
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What the supplier has to do to to maintain cyber security accreditation.