Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 31 Jan 2022, 16:57 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HR Transformation Programme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Coventry University (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£1,307,280published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Jan 2022no call for competition
Awarded to Anchorstone Consulting

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a VEAT notice to show our intention to award a contract to Anchorstone Consulting for the delivery of the remaining elements of Coventry University Group's HR Transformation Programme, including the design, build, test and implementation of SuccessFactors modules and embedding the business change across the organisation.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Following the departure, by mutual agreement, of PA Consulting who were originally…

Following the departure, by mutual agreement, of PA Consulting who were originally awarded the contract to deliver the HR transformational change at Coventry University Group, there is now an immediate need to progress at pace the remaining elements of the Programme with Anchorstone Consulting staff in order to protect the Programme's set objectives and anticipated benefits.

Consultancy services from Anchorstone Consulting have previously been procured to support the Business Change and readiness deliverables, Anchorstone resource have also been involved in the recent technical design handover from PA Consulting due to the need for specific SuccessFactors Consultancy expertise. They have reviewed and validated the solution design work undertaken so far to ensure the Programme requirements have been met. Anchorstone Consultuing also have a clear understanding of the detailed activities required to fully implement the Programme.

CUG is now at a critical stage of delivery with the target date of delivering Employee Central, Payroll, ASK HR and SAP JAM for May 2022 followed quickly by Phase 2 deliverables (Learning, Succession, Talent, Performance and Compensation.) The Programme is in the middle of User Acceptance Testing and about to embark on Parallel Payroll running. From an efficiency and effectiveness perspective it would be beneficial for CUG to seek to extend the resource profile from Anchorstone Consulting to deliver the remaining elements of the Programme, this is due to their in-depth knowledge already gained. Any delay in pausing this Programme in order to go through a full procurement process would be detrimental to Coventry University Group, as this would result in further delay in the delivery of the Programme, resulting in additional costs being incurred, there is also a significant risk of losing internal staff and knowledge gained already on the Programme.

SuccessFactors Modules to be fully designed, built, tested and Implemented in two phases:

Phase 1: Employee Central, Payroll, Recruitment, Onboarding ASK HR, SAP JAM, Reporting. Target date is April/May 2022.

Phase 2: Performance and Goal Management, Succession & Development, Learning, Compensation. Target date is July/August 2022.

Note: Workforce Analytics and Qualtrics are expected to be designed, built and tested by our current software Partner NTT.

Delivery: West Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
31 Jan 2022, 16:57 GMT
Last source update
3 Feb 2022, 09:26 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-003103
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031142 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Following the departure, by mutual agreement, of PA Consulting who were originally awarded the contract to deliver the HR transformational change at Coventry University Group, there is now an immediate need to progress at pace the remaining elements of the Programme with Anchorstone Consulting staff in order to protect the Programme's set objectives and anticipated benefits.

Consultancy services from Anchorstone Consulting have previously been procured to support the Business Change and readiness deliverables, Anchorstone resource have also been involved in the recent technical design handover from PA Consulting due to the need for specific SuccessFactors Consultancy expertise. They have reviewed and validated the solution design work undertaken so far to ensure the Programme requirements have been met. Anchorstone Consultuing also have a clear understanding of the detailed activities required to fully implement the Programme.

CUG is now at a critical stage of delivery with the target date of delivering Employee Central, Payroll, ASK HR and SAP JAM for May 2022 followed quickly by Phase 2 deliverables (Learning, Succession, Talent, Performance and Compensation.) The Programme is in the middle of User Acceptance Testing and about to embark on Parallel Payroll running. From an efficiency and effectiveness perspective it would be beneficial for CUG to seek to extend the resource profile from Anchorstone Consulting to deliver the remaining elements of the Programme, this is due to their in-depth knowledge already gained. Any delay in pausing this Programme in order to go through a full procurement process would be detrimental to Coventry University Group, as this would result in further delay in the delivery of the Programme, resulting in additional costs being incurred, there is also a significant risk of losing internal staff and knowledge gained already on the Programme.

SuccessFactors Modules to be fully designed, built, tested and Implemented in two phases:

Phase 1: Employee Central, Payroll, Recruitment, Onboarding ASK HR, SAP JAM, Reporting. Target date is April/May 2022.

Phase 2: Performance and Goal Management, Succession & Development, Learning, Compensation. Target date is July/August 2022.

Note: Workforce Analytics and Qualtrics are expected to be designed, built and tested by our current software Partner NTT.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextIV.1.2—Following the previous procurement of HR consultancy services on or around 2019, there is now an immediate need to progress at pace the remaining elements of the Programme with Anchorstone Consulting in order to protect the Programme's set objectives and anticipated benefits. Consultancy services from Anchorstone Consulting have previously been procured to support the Business Change and readines…
—TextII.2.4—Following the previous procurement of HR consultancy services on or around 2019, there is now an immediate need to progress at pace the remaining elements of the Programme with Anchorstone Consulting in order to protect the Programme's set objectives and anticipated benefits. Consultancy services from Anchorstone Consulting have previously been procured to support the Business Change and readines…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,307,2801 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Anchorstone Consulting£1,307,280 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY, West Midlands, CV15FBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.