The London Collaboration Group appoints Constellia to help boost buying power in the procurement of professional services across London Authorities

• First ever dedicated lot for Statement of Work (SoW) set up to specifically address the procurement of professional services across participating local authorities in London
• London Collaboration SoW council created, to enable London Councils to share and learn from best practices in services procurement
• Broadens supplier access to London-based public sector opportunities through access to the Constellia marketplace and meet the buyer events.

2nd August 2024 – Constellia announces it has been appointed as sole provider for The London Collaboration Group’s Project Delivery (SoW) contract, which is made up of 29 Local Authorities across London. This award marks a significant step towards setting a new standard in public sector procurement and is the first time the LCG have created SoW as a separate Lot. Already, 19 Local Authorities have signed up to benefit from the increasing buying power, efficiencies and collaboration opportunities that the partnership will offer.?

Through Constellia’s solution, LCG procurement functions will have access to a fair, transparent, and compliant route to accelerate the procurement of SoW, all whilst being supported with the specialist skills and experience required to work on complex projects and deliverables. Together, the LCG and Constellia can drive innovation and collaboration amongst London councils, allowing them to collectively gain full control over all SoW spend, demonstrate value-for-money and drive Social Value/Responsible Procurement to further benefit the London community.

A key element of this partnership is that Constellia will also create the "London Collaboration SoW (LCSoW) Council." This collaborative community enables all LCG members to foster a culture of positive collaboration and learning across group members and will also be led by an independent specialist.

Events will be held in September for participating London Authorities for the framework and LCSoW council launches. In addition, a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event will also be hosted in September where all interested suppliers who wish to deliver services to the LCG will be invited to attend. ?

A lead representative of LCG Commented: “The London Collaboration contract is already established as a successful model for collaborative procurement in Contingent Labour. Following extensive member consultation, it was clear that the model needed to evolve to incorporate SoW and we also recognised the important difference in procuring SoW. Not least the need for experienced procurement and category specific support.? Constellia are experts in this field, have a best-in-class model across the UK public sector and have proven themselves to be the right delivery partner through the competitive tendering process for this contract.”

Rob Levene , CEO commented: “The appointment of Constellia to deliver the procurement of professional services for The LCG recognises the importance of treating Professional Services (incorporating Consultancy and SoW) as a dedicated category of spend. By doing so, our mission is ensuring that all participating London Authorities will be able to drive savings, efficiencies and importantly share best practice and insight. The sheer scale and demand of these services across London means that it’s incredibly important to drive economies of scale and our neutral vendor model is a tried and tested way of delivering this. We also believe this presents a huge opportunity for suppliers across London to benefit from our agile and efficient way of doing business with the public sector. “

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Constellia were awarded MSTAR4 – Lot 4 Project Delivery (Statement of Works) London Collaboration, following a competitive process and review of all the solutions available from across the UK public sector.

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Join Constellia and London Collaboration Group (LCG) at our Launch Event

As part of this partnership, Constellia will be holding two events to support LCG members and interested suppliers who wish to deliver services to the LCG. Event details can be found below:

Event for LCG Buyers - LCG SoW Launch Event: Meet Constellia

Date & Time: 9th October 2024 | 10:00 - 14:00 GMT

Location: Central London – Venue TBC

To learn more about this opportunity and attend the event, please register your interest by clicking the button below.

LCG Members - Register Here

Event for Suppliers - LCG Meet the Buyer Event

Date & Time: 13th November 2024 | 10:00 - 14:00 GMT

Location: Central London – Venue TBC

To learn more about this opportunity and attend the event, please register your interest by clicking the button below.

Suppliers - Register Here

Join the London Collaboration SoW Council (LCSoW) today

The London Collaboration SoW Council (LCSoW) is chaired by an Independent Programme Director, bringing together procurement professionals across London councils to discuss and debate best practice for procurement in professional services, through in person and digital events.

Speak to us today via [email protected] to find out more and join our collaborative community.

About Constellia

Constellia – Neutral Vendor solutions for Goods, Services, Technology and Works.

Established in 2007, Constellia is a leading Neutral Managed Service Provider for Professional Services, Technology, Goods and Works, managing over ￡200 million of spend across 170+ public and private sector organisations. We have also recently been recognised as one of Britain's fastest-growing private companies in the Sunday Times 100 2024, ranking in at number 13.

We act as a conduit between clients and prequalified suppliers, providing an efficient and compliant route to market. Our diverse and dynamic marketplace has over 2,000 pre-approved suppliers, providing clients access to 400+ subcategories of spend.

We provide clients the flexibility and choice to buy through one simple route quickly and compliantly, helping drive efficiencies and savings.

For more information, please visit www.constellia.com.??

About the London Collaboration Group

A group of London and other local government authorities are working together on a collaborative basis to procure a managed service provision for temporary workers and project-based consultants underneath the MSTAR4 national framework.

The London Borough of Havering is acting as the lead authority in this collaborative procurement and the authorities that are included, hereafter referred to as the Customers or the London Collaboration.

The London Collaboration, via London Borough of Havering a Contracting Authority, has completed a procurement under Lot 4 of the established MSTAR4 (SoW) Framework. Members of the LCG can enter into a contract with Constellia under the terms of this procurement.