The consultancy toolkit
provides a framework for reviewing the extent to which an
organisation is achieving value for money from its use of
consultants.
It is aimed at procurement or commercial
teams, customers/buyers of consultants, or audit staff.
It can be applied to the use of consultants
department-wide, or at a project-level.
It is designed to diagnose areas of weakness
and raise awareness of where improvements can be made.
When to use the toolkit
The toolkit can be applied on a whole organisation basis.
Altenatively it can be used, before, during or after a particular
consultancy engagement.
Use it to review the organisation’s approach at an
individual stage of the consulting process or;
Use it to review an organisation’s approach across the
full consulting process
How the toolkit works
The toolkit is divided into 5 stages of the
procurement process.
For each stage the user rates the organisation’s
approach against a series of statements.
Based on the ratings supplied, the toolkit highlights
the range of issues that should be addressed, provides guidance
on how to improve value for money in these areas and illustrates
what good practice can look like at each individual stage –
often illustrated by case examples.
When the toolkit is used to review the organisation’s
approach across all 5 stages it produces a summary report of the
areas for improvement.
For explanations of the stages of procurement and the steps for
analysing the use of consultants, see
Using the toolkit.
Start here...
Begin your review on the use of consultants starting at Stage 1:
