Consultancy and Professional Services
Summary
This agreement, let under the Procurement Act 2023 includes consultancy, covering specialisms such as business, strategy and policy, finance, HR, procurement, health or social care and community, infrastructure and environment. As well as restructuring and insolvency.
Description
This agreement will replace RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4) and will provide a compliant, cost effective way for central government and the wider public sector to access a variety of consultancy advice from a range of suppliers.
Benefits
- wide range of suppliers from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to large multinationals
- all suppliers are Cyber Essentials accredited
- standard terms and conditions
- detailed customer guidance and templates
- choice of pricing models including time & materials (T&M), fixed, or risk-reward
- a tool to help you shortlist suitable suppliers
- a dedicated and knowledgeable contract management team to support you
Customer engagement
Customer engagement will begin in October or November 2025.
Supplier engagement
Supplier engagement will begin in October or November 2025.
Important links
| Pipeline notice | Read pipeline notice |
| Preliminary market engagement notice | Not available yet |
| Planned procurement notice | Not available yet |
| Contract notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | Not available yet |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | Not available yet |
| Publication of Find a Tender (FTS) notice | September 2026 |
| Framework award | August 2027 |