Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3)

Access to consultancy including business, strategy and policy, finance, HR, procurement, health/social care and community, infrastructure and environment.

Updates

12/12/24:  For the next CCS Communities of practice event we will be joined by the Cabinet Office complex transactions team on Wednesday 22 January 2025 11am to 12pm. They will discuss how to effectively use Price Per Quality Point (PQP) in professional services contracts.

We will be brining case studies to life with worked examples and how to apply the methodology to your contracts, there will also be time dedicated to Q&A.

Sign up here for the event.

This event is strictly for customer attendance only, therefore please sign up using your public sector email address.

The meeting will be hosted via Microsoft Teams, a calendar invite and joining instructions will be shared beforehand.

Description

Central government and wider public sector customers can access cost effective consultancy advice from a range of suppliers across 9 specific lots.

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

This agreement will run for 4 years and there will be no option to extend.

RM6309 MCF4 is currently being procured as the replacement agreement. More information can be found on the RM6309 MCF4 webpage.

Benefits

• wide range of suppliers from SMEs to large multinationals
• all suppliers are Cyber Essentials accredited
• standard terms and conditions
• competitive market rates
• maximum rates fixed for the life of the agreement and your project providing budgetary control
• no minimum or maximum value thresholds this means you can use the agreement regardless of project size
• comprehensive customer guidance and templates
• choice of pricing models including: time and materials, fixed, or risk and reward
• a tool to help you shortlist suitable suppliers
• dedicated and knowledgeable contract management team to support you

Carbon Reduction

All suppliers for this agreement have committed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: '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 168 suppliers on this agreement

• Lot 1: Business:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  76 suppliers

• Lot 2: Strategy & Policy:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  34 suppliers

• Lot 3: Complex & Transformation:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  30 suppliers

• Lot 4: Finance:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  23 suppliers

• Lot 5: HR:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  28 suppliers

• Lot 6: Procurement & Supply Chain:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  33 suppliers

• Lot 7: Health, Social Care & Community:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  40 suppliers

• Lot 8: Infrastructure including Transport:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  44 suppliers

• Lot 9: Environmental Sustainability & Socio-Economic Development:

  Expires: 23/08/2025

  40 suppliers

How to buy

Before buying from this agreement you should read the Buyer Guide.

Further competition is the standard route to market. For further details, read Framework schedule 7: call off award procedure.

Further competition

If you do not have your own eSourcing system you can use ours to manage your further competition process. Register an account for our eSourcing system.

To run a further competition you will need to:

• clearly define your requirements using template T2 Attachment 3 Statement of Requirements
• identify which lot is most suitable for your needs, read lot descriptions
• develop your tender documents
• identify suppliers capable of meeting your needs, using one of the 2 options listed below (digital filtering tool or contract award service) 
• establish appropriate timescales for your procurement
• issue expression of interest (EOI) (optional)
• issue tender to all agreement suppliers identified 
• evaluate supplier responses
• award a contract to the successful supplier(s) and notify unsuccessful suppliers

There are 2 ways to buy from this agreement. These are:

Digital filtering tool

This tool allows you to filter suppliers by service(s) and also provides access to the maximum framework rates. This will enable you to run a procurement using your own eSourcing system.

Buy using the digital filtering tool.

 

Documents

• RM6187 Buyer Guide
• RM6187 Lot descriptions
• RM6187 CPV codes
• RM6187 How to use contractual documents
• RM6187 Customer social value guide
• RM6187 Core terms
• RM6187 Call off schedule 1: transparency reports
• RM6187 Call off schedule 3: continuous improvement
• RM6187 Call off schedule 4: call off tender
• RM6187 Call off schedule 5: pricing details
• RM6187 Call off schedule 6: ICT services
• RM6187 Call off schedule 7: key supplier staff
• RM6187 Call off schedule 8: business continuity and disaster recovery
• RM6187 Call off schedule 9: security
• RM6187 Call off schedule 10: exit management
• RM6187 Call off schedule 12: clustering
• RM6187 Call off schedule 13: implementation plan and testing
• RM6187 Call off schedule 14: service levels
• RM6187 Call off schedule 15: call off contract management
• RM6187 Call off schedule 16: benchmarking
• RM6187 Call off schedule 17: MOD terms
• RM6187 Call off schedule 18: background checks
• RM6187 Call off schedule 19: Scottish law
• RM6187 Call off schedule 20: specification
• RM6187 Call off schedule 21: Northern Ireland law
• RM6187 Call off schedule 23: HMRC schedule
• RM6187 Joint schedule 1: definitions
• RM6187 Joint schedule 2: variation form
• RM6187 Joint schedule 3: insurance requirements
• RM6187 Joint schedule 4: commercially sensitive information
• RM6187 Joint schedule 5: corporate social responsibility
• RM6187 Joint schedule 6: key subcontractors
• RM6187 Joint schedule 7: financial difficulties
• RM6187 Joint schedule 8: guarantee
• RM6187 Joint schedule 9: minimum standards of reliability
• RM6187 Joint schedule 10: rectification plan
• RM6187 Joint schedule 11: processing data
• RM6187 Framework schedule 1: specification
• RM6187 Framework schedule 2: framework tender
• RM6187 Framework schedule 3: framework prices
• RM6187 Framework schedule 4: framework management
• RM6187 Framework schedule 5: management charges and information
• RM6187 Framework schedule 6: order form and call-off schedules
• RM6187 Framework schedule 7: call off award procedure
• RM6187 Framework schedule 8: self audit certificate
• RM6187 Framework schedule 9: cyber essentials scheme
• RM6187 Grade definitions
• RM6187 Benchmarking document
• RM6187 T1 Expression of interest
• RM6187 T2 Attachment 3: statement of requirements
• RM6187 T3 Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
• RM6187 T4 Request for information
• RM6187 T5 attachment 1 about the procurement
• RM6187 T6 Attachment 2: how to bid including evaluation criteria
• RM6187 T7 Attachment 4: pricing schedule
• RM6187 T8 clarification questions log
• RM6187 T9 evaluator competency profile
• RM6187 T10 evaluator conflict of interest MCF3
• RM6187 T11a award letter
• RM6187 T11b unsuccessful letter
• RM6187 T12: notification CCS of non-compliance