Professional Services Best Practice Delivery Programme

HS2 Ltd has a requirement for the development and delivery of a series of ‘Professional Services Best Practice Delivery Programme’ to support HS2 Directors and Managers to procure and manage consultancy expenditure more effectively, at a time when mission critical Professional Services strategic procurements are ramping up to enable the delivery of key HS2 programme milestones including Review Point 1 (RP1). The value of the influencable expenditure is currently 80% of HS2’s indirect expenditure.

The overarching aim of this commission is to Develop and roll-out a ‘Professional Services Best Practice Delivery Programme’ which is required to equip managers with the knowledge, skills and expertise to make the behavioural changes that are required across HS2 to manage professional organisations in delivering project deliverables to time and performance

Additional information: All potential suppliers must obtain details of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submit their tender through the HS2 eSourcing portal. All potential suppliers are required to express an interest by registering on the HS2 eSourcing portal (www.hs2.bravosolution.co.uk). Registering is only required once. Registering: Potential supplier should browse to the HS2 eSourcing portal and complete the following: a) Click the ‘click here to register’ link. b) Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’. c) Enter your business and user details. d) Note the username you use and click ‘save’ when complete. e) You will then receive an e-mail with your unique password. Access to the ITT: a) Login to the HS2 eSourcing portal with your unique username and password. b) Click on the ‘ITTs open to all suppliers’ link. c) Click on the relevant titled ITT item. d) Click the ‘express interest’ button in the ‘actions’ box on the left hand side of the page (this will move the ITT pack into the applicants ‘my ITT’ box). This is a secure area for projects only. e) Click on the ITT code. The applicant can now access any attachments by clicking the ‘settings and buyer attachments’ in the actions box. f) Download the documents relating to the ITT. Click ‘attachments’ on the left hand side. The number in brackets refers to number of documents that need to be downloaded. Click on the bold and underlined filename. Select ‘save’ and store on your PC. Responding to the ITT: a) Instructions on completing the ITT through the eSourcing Portal are contained in the ITT documents. For further assistance contact the BravoSolution helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 18:00 pm) GMT on: a) email – [email protected] or b) telephone +44 8003684850.