Official UK procurement notice
WBC Cost Savings Consultant
Authority: Woking Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWoking Borough Council is seeking a Cost Savings Consultant to support with identifying cashable savings for the Council.
The Council is committed to delivering cashable savings over the next two financial years. A high-level target of £624,000 has been established for this work based on a 4% saving against the Council's 2024/25 budgeted spend of £15.6m on supplies/services and contract/agency work. All areas that fall within the budget, other than permanent staffing, are subject to review and assessment.
The projected split of savings is based on £234,000 in the 2025/26 financial year and £390,000 in the 2026/27 financial year.
It is anticipated that the appointment of external consultancy support will enable this work to be initiated with increased confidence, reach, and pace of delivery.
This is an invitation to quote.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£100,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:43 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:43 BST
- Authority reference
CCR/2526/0207- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035651- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0554caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
27 Jun 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:43 BST
- Clarification questions by11 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:43 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications RFQ documents can be found free of charge on: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wokingboroughcouncil/aspx/Home
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender