Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Newton Consultancy Ltd
- Value
- £605,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · General management consultancy services (CPV 79411000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 030343-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 May 2025
- Published5 Jun 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Key Outcomes and Deliverables The diagnostic should deliver, in line with all relevant and required legislation: 1. A comprehensive understanding of demand drivers, financial pressures, market management and service capacity across Children's Services, Adults' Social Care, and Temporary Accommodation. 2. Independent benchmarking data and analysis, positioning Oldham alongside statistical neighbours across a range of metrics, including all available cost, workforce, and delivery performance matrix. 3. A set of prioritised, practical strategies for bringing areas of overspend under control, including short- and medium-term actions, with an assessment of probability of delivery success and the likely pay off. 4. An implementation roadmap, to be mutually agreed, outlining required activities, timelines, benefits, risks, and delivery mechanisms. 5. Detailed internal business cases for investment in demand management and prevention. 6. Clear and deliverable recommendations for reshaping the…
About the supplier
Newton Consultancy Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 15391002).