Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4)

This framework, let under Public Contracts Regulations 2015, provides UK public sector organisations with access to cost-effective management consultancy from a range of suppliers.

Updates

MCF4 customer launch events will be held on:

Wednesday 3 September, 2025 11am to 12pm

Tuesday 9 September, 2025 2pm to 3pm

These events we will cover:

  • key information on the agreement
  • how to use the agreement
  • support available

Register your interest with your public sector email address on Eventbrite. After you register a diary invitation with the joining instructions will be emailed. Microsoft Teams will be the platform used on the day.

This is a customer only event. If you are not a CCS customer or use a personal email address to register you will not be admitted.

Description

Access advice for a range of specialisms including business, strategy, policy, infrastructure, procurement and health and social care.

For a more detailed description of the service lines provided under each lot, read the lot description document.

This agreement will run for 2 years with no option to extend.

Benefits

  • wide range of suppliers from small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) to large multinationals
  • all suppliers are cyber essentials accredited
  • standard terms and conditions
  • customer guidance and templates
  • choice of pricing models including: time and materials (T&M), fixed or risk and reward
  • the support of a dedicated and knowledgeable contract management team

Carbon Reduction

All suppliers have committed to comply with Procurement Policy Note 006, ‘Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts’ as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.

Carbon Reduction

All suppliers have committed to comply with Procurement Policy Note 006, 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts' as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.

Products and suppliers

There are 219 suppliers on this agreement

Lot 1: Business

Expires:

71 suppliers

Lot 2: Strategy and policy

Expires:

56 suppliers

Lot 3: Complex and transformation

Expires:

36 suppliers

Lot 4: Finance

Expires:

36 suppliers

Lot 5: HR

Expires:

32 suppliers

Lot 6: Procurement and supply chain

Expires:

37 suppliers

Lot 7: Health, social care and community

Expires:

46 suppliers

Lot 8: Infrastructure

Expires:

45 suppliers

Lot 9: Environment and sustainability

Expires:

43 suppliers

Lot 10: Restructuring and insolvency

Expires:

15 suppliers

How to buy

Before using this agreement read the buyer guide.

Further competition is the standard route to market under this agreement.

However, direct award can be used for specific circumstances. Get legal advice to ensure direct award is the right approach for your requirement. It is the buyers responsibility to justify this route to market. 

For more details, read the Framework schedule 7 – Call-Off award procedure.

Further Competition

You can either use your own eSourcing system or you can use Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) eSourcing portal to run your further competition. Register an account if it is your first time using the eSourcing suite.

To run a further competition you will need to:
1. Define your needs using the T2 attachment 3 Statement of requirements template.
2. Identify which lot is most suitable for your needs.
3. Develop your tender documents.
4. Identify suppliers capable of meeting your needs, to do this you can use the digital filtering tool.
5. Set a timeline for your buying process.
6. Issue an Expression of Interest (EOI) – (optional).
7. Issue tender to all agreement suppliers identified using the digital filtering tool.
8. Evaluate supplier responses.
9. Award a contract to the successful supplier and notify unsuccessful suppliers.
10. You can include a 10 day standstill period before awarding the contract – (optional).

Call-off agreement

When awarding a contract you should complete Framework schedule 6: Call-Off order form or Framework schedule 6a short order form.

As the buyer you need to decide which order form is right for your call-off contract.

Use Framework schedule 6: Call-Off order form to amend the standard PSC or if your requirement is going to be £5m or over.

For information on completing the call-off order form and schedules read “How to use contractual documents”.

Framework Schedule 6a: Short order form should be used for simple requirements under the value of £5 million, (including extensions).

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has included a number of schedules that may apply to orders placed using the short order form, read the “Order form guide” for more information.

Agreement pricing request

You can view the pricing through the digital filtering tool, where you will find individual supplier rates.

Documents