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Question 1

What is the difference between Services Procurement and Statement of Work (SoW)?

Accepted Answer

‘Services Procurement’ is managing the procurement of Professional Services and Consultancy providers on behalf of a client. This provides the client with visibility, control and cost savings.

‘Statement of Work’ (SoW) is the delivery of projects by a service provider to a client. The project will have specific objectives and measurable outcomes.

Question 2

Do Services Procurement and SoW offer benefits in both the public and private sector?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We have a number of clients in both the public and private sector, ranging from SMEs to global organisations. Our clients were looking to achieve greater levels of visibility and control over their professional services spend, along with support in helping to deliver real outcomes.

Question 3

How can we procure this service in the public sector?

Accepted Answer

We deliver our services through a number of public sector frameworks including YPO, ESPO and CCS. Depending on how you want to engage with our services (as a standalone service or as part of a wider managed service solution), we will support you by recommending the right framework to use.

Question 4

Will you help us to scope an effective Statement of Work?

Accepted Answer

If you want to support more outcome-based working but you aren't experienced in scoping and drafting project documents (e.g. a Statement of Work), our team can help. We offer a range of services – from on-site training sessions for future projects, through to drafting documents for your specific programmes.

Question 5

We have an off-contract contractor and consultancy spend – can you help?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we can act in isolation, or form part of a wider solution with a contingent Managed Service model. Whether you need traditional, temporary cover, or deployment of consultants from a specialist skills bank, the creation of project teams and work packages, or the procurement of traditional consultancy services, we can provide them all through our Services Procurement solution.

Question 6

What happens if one of our projects isn't going to plan?

Accepted Answer

As your provider, we’re responsible for monitoring all risks and issues. If a project is not being delivered in line with the contract terms, or if the outcomes haven’t been delivered to the required standard, then we will support you in taking appropriate action against the supplier. We act as a neutral party to ensure that our suppliers are also protected from unfair requests and unjust withholding of payment, when they have met the terms.

Question 7

How do I sign-up as a supplier?

Accepted Answer

Any supplier can register for access, providing they pass our on-boarding and vetting process. If you want to join our marketplace, please visit www.consultancyplus.org and click 'sign-up'.

Question 8

How do you deliver savings?

Accepted Answer

We can support the entire buying and delivery process, from project scoping and documentation (including Statement of Work design), through to project closure and knowledge capture. This allows us to deliver savings across different areas:

Helping to scope the project requirement and Statement of Work (SoW) allows us ensure that the requirements are clear, realistic and reportable. We ensure that the output scope is realistic enough to support high quality, on-time outcomes.
Through managing the supplier negotiation, we can make sure that contract requirements are matched with the commercials. We also use accredited, benchmarked data to allow an informed commercial negotiation and help us to get the best value procurement for you.
Our output-based SoW model means that contractors and consultancy partners are driven to deliver outcomes and not paid purely for time.
Our experienced and trained Project Management Office can support the delivery of your projects, driving the required outcomes whilst ensuring your project is delivered on-time, and on-budget.

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Procuring consultants via this service saved us over £7million.

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