Markets & Suppliers

Publications

 Delivering value from consultancy

Delivering value from consultancy (PDF, 1.66MB)

(order code: CP0076)

The aim of this guidance is to support both clients and suppliers in ensuring delivery of value from public sector consultancy assignments. Co-branded with MCA / IMC / OGC.

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What value do consultants add? - Professional Services Forum - Value Criteria (PDF, 748KB)

This guidance should be used alongside the Delivering Value from Consultancy guide at the Business Case stage. It provides customers with a more detailed framework for identifying and expressing the value expectations of the consultancy input at the start of an assignment in order to provide a baseline against which delivery can be monitored and measured.

   
 Dispute Resolution Guidance

Dispute Resolution Guidance (PDF, 642KB)

(Web publication only)

The OGC Best Practice Guide, gives an overview of the main options that are available for there solution of contractual disputes.

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Annex A Providers of Dispute Resolution Services (PDF, 38KB)

Annex B Extracts from OGC Model Agreements (PDF, 41KB)

   
 Making sense of market choices

Making sense of market choices (PDF, 1.6MB)

(order code: CP0082)

Market and supplier assessment guidance. Including summary's on Early market engagement, Market sounding, Developing the evaluation strategy, and Assessing the working relationship.

 

   
 

Supplier Financial Appraisal Guidance (PDF, 289KB)

OGC's revised guidance and its Annex advocates a more flexible approach to the financial appraisals of suppliers.

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Supplier Financial Appraisal Guidance Annexes (PDF, 215KB)

 

Related Documents / Other Reading

ICT Capacity Pilot Study (PDF, 328 KB)

The Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council has commissioned the OGC to identify potential capacity issues within the ICT market. This report contains the findings of the initial pilot study. Going forward there will be two capacity studies per year. This work is undertaken as part of the Supplier Management Initiative work stream of Transformational Government. Further details of Transformational Government are available at http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/index.asp

 

Archived Publications

Delivering World-Class Consultancy Services to the Public Sector (PDF, 427KB)
Emphasises the working relationships that the public sector client and consultant will seek to achieve in the development and execution of a consultancy contract.