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London Borough of Lambeth Awards Constellia Contract as Sole MSP Provider for Professional Services

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

  • Matching London Borough of Lambeth with suppliers to enhance and deliver services locally
  • Hosting an event to enable local businesses to work and engage with London Borough of Lambeth
  • Confirms Constellia’s status as leading London and UK-wide Neutral Vendor MSP for Professional Services.

1st October 2024 – Constellia announces it has been appointed as sole provider for Lot 2 of the ‘Lambeth Temporary Resourcing Services Contract 2024’, to deliver the procurement of professional services. Lambeth, covering Brixton, Streatham, Clapham, and Waterloo, provides services such as planning, social work, housing, and schools to 303,000 residents and hundreds of businesses.

Through Constellia’s Services Procurement solution, the London Borough of Lambeth procurement function 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.

This partnership enables Lambeth Council to have full control over its professional services spend, enhances the ability to utilise local suppliers where possible and drive further Responsible Procurement/Social Value delivery and cost savings. This partnership signifies a significant step towards delivering greater social value, achieving cost-efficiency, as well as mirroring Lambeth’s mission to increase collaboration with SMEs and local businesses.

Data Management and Information Security is core to Constellia’s operations and is committed to maintaining the highest standards. As the single appointed provider for this contract, Constellia has also gone through rigorous technical audits and procedures to ensure they comply and has since been awarded ISO 27001 certification.

Paul Ewing, Head of HR Contracts & Systems, London Borough of Lambeth commented: “Working with Constellia will allow us to flex as required, ensuring that requirements for professional services deliver value for money and are awarded to the best suppliers. By engaging with local Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) through Constellia’s solution and dynamic Marketplace, we are not only driving economic growth but also ensuring that our diverse community thrives. The Council is invested in awarding more contracts locally, and working with Constellia supports our ambition to increase awards to more local suppliers.”

Rob Levene, CEO of Constellia commented “We are delighted to be working with Lambeth council, one of the most vibrant and diverse boroughs in London. Our collaboration aims to drive strategic objectives that reflect Lambeth’s commitment to fairness, excellence, and service. By leveraging Constellia’s dynamic marketplace, Lambeth Council will be able to engage with more local Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), fostering wider business opportunities and ensuring that every pound spent contributes to making their London communities a better place to live. This partnership underscores our shared values of collaboration and dedication to supporting diverse local businesses.”

Constellia were awarded ‘Lambeth Temporary Resourcing Services Contract 2024’, following a competitive process and review of all the solutions available from across the UK public sector.

A ‘Meet the Buyer’ event will also be hosted in November where all interested professional services suppliers who wish to deliver services to Lambeth council will be invited to attend. Further details to be announced shortly.

To learn more about this appointment, please contact us on info@constellia.com or call on 0330 320 8020.

Join the London Collaboration SoW Council (LCSoW)

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.

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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.

about london borough of lambeth

Lambeth is one of the most vibrant and diverse boroughs in London covering Brixton, Streatham, Clapham and Waterloo. We provide services such as planning, social work, housing and schools to 303,000 residents and hundreds of businesses.

Everything we do as a council is guided by our values, and we are always on the look out for people who are as committed to these principles as we are: Fairness: ensuring all our staff and customers are treated equally.

  • Respect: consulting our communities, valuing our staff and treating everyone with courtesy.
  • Excellence: attaining high standards for all customers and recognising staff who provide excellent service.
  • Service: ensuring that customers receive the services they want and need.
  • Honesty: being open with all staff and customers and fighting fraud, dishonestly and discrimination.

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The MOD awards Constellia the Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation (NVFi)

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The Ministry of Defence (MOD) appoints Constellia to accelerate the procurement of novel technological goods and services – Introducing the Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation (NVFi)

  • Ground-breaking Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation (NVFi) developed by Commercial X, the flagship Defence Commercial programme to increase speed and value for money in digital and innovation procurement as part of the MOD’s procurement reform.
  • The NVFi will ultimately be made available pan-government.
  • Broadens small and medium enterprise (SME) supplier access.

4th September 2024 – Constellia announces that it has been awarded the NVFi by the MOD to compliantly and transparently increase speed and value for money in digital and innovation procurement as part of the MOD’s procurement reform. The NVFi has been developed to bring new technologies to users faster and to work with suppliers to address entry barriers for SMEs.

Constellia’s CEO, Rob Levene commented: “Driving technological advantage and innovation is at the cornerstone of the MOD’s digital strategy. We are thrilled to be able to work with and be the commercial vehicle that accelerates innovative technology into operational deployment, giving His Majesty’s Government (HMG) a strategic technological advantage, whilst continuing to support start-ups and small businesses. At Constellia, we are committed to supporting the MODs SME Action Plan in improving access for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to do business with defence, as well as enabling exciting opportunities for new, non-traditional, and adjacent sectors to support innovation.”

Dina Kakaras, Head of Commercial X said: “The NVFi will be an amazing resource for our government Commercial officers to use in order to bring in and scale some of the new technology use cases that we have in Defence. We are thrilled to be collaborating with the Defence Innovation Unit on this and to be supporting industry to help us find brilliant ideas, brilliant suppliers and do so at the pace of relevance.”

Victoria Cope, Commercial Director of Defence Digital commented: “NVFi is a great example of how we are raising the bar commercially in the digital and innovation space. Creating innovative, agile and scalable routes to market for defence capability whilst introducing new, creative and pioneering digital suppliers to the Defence and security ecosystem.”

The NVFi also supports the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU) delivery and John Ridge, DIU director said: “The Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation is a novel and potentially game-changing approach to contracting, which will benefit Defence and the broader national security community. Getting to this stage has required determination and a willingness to challenge convention. Once in place, the Framework will accelerate the acquisition of innovative new capabilities, helping establish and sustain strategic advantage.”

The contract has been awarded under open competition to Constellia – the ‘neutral vendor’ – and is planned to go live in September 2024. The NVFi framework is initially let for two years, with potential to extend by a further two years and is open for use across MOD, National Security organisations and wider UK government.

Further announcements will be made, but in the meantime Constellia invites technology suppliers interested in joining the Constellia marketplace to contact:

Email: info@constellia.com
Phone: 0330 320 8020

Innovative technology categories include:

  • Audio & Visual Processing
  • Commercial Space, Drones & Platforms
  • Behavioural Analysis
  • Internet of Things (IOT)
  • Cyber Security
  • Quantum Technologies
  • AI & Analytics
  • Biological and Medical Technologies
  • Financial Technologies
  • Novel Data Transport and Future Telecoms
  • Robotics
  • Sensors, Novel Materials and Power Sources
  • Identity Technologies
  • Future Computing

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.

about UK Ministry of defence

The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) purpose is to protect the nation and help it prosper.

The MOD is one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe and the single largest customer for UK industry. Over the next decade it is committed to spending over £190 billion on equipment and support. Its customers include both the armed forces and national security agencies.

The MOD encourages innovation and wider small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) participation throughout its supply chain. It continues to pursue policies and practices that make it easier for new and smaller businesses to identify, compete for and win opportunities with the MOD. This helps the MOD to deliver its vision of a vibrant, sustainable, and competitive UK industrial base, while obtaining the best possible value for money for the taxpayer.

about Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation (NVFi)

The Neutral Vendor Framework for Innovation (NVFi) has been developed by Commercial X, the flagship Defence Commercial programme to increase speed and value for money in digital and innovation procurement as part of the MOD’s procurement reform.

The NVFi offers commercial officers across government a route to market to procure these innovative technological goods and services at pace and scale.

NVFi will be a significant game changer for the digital and innovation communities to provide greater opportunity to engage more closely with the ecosystem of technology suppliers in an efficient manner.

The framework will be elevated to the benefit of wider government with access open for use across public sector entities, subject to the completion of access agreements by framework users and their approval by MOD as the framework authority.

Commercial X will lead the learning and awareness programme about the framework across Defence and wider government.

The scope of the framework covers fourteen science and technology areas of significance to the national security and defence community, covering goods and ancillary products as well as associated consultancy, engineering, research and development and systems integration services.

Defence Innovation Unit is one of the central enablers to innovation in defence, ensuring the Armed Forces maintain military advantage over ever-evolving global threats. The NVFi also supports the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU) delivery.

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

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The LCG 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 of Constellia 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.”

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. To learn more about this appointment, please contact us on info@constellia.com or call on 0330 320 8020.

Join Constellia and the london collaboration group (LCG) events

As part of this partnership, Constellia will be holding two events to support both LCG members and interested suppliers who wish to deliver services to the LCG. Read below for more information.

Join Constellia at the sow Launch Event

event for lcg buyers

LCG buyers, join Constellia and Havering Borough Council at our launch event LIVE in London on Wednesday 9th October.

During the event, you will have the chance to learn more about the SoW contract and how Constellia’s solution can help you gain multiple benefits such as; gaining full control of spend, access to on-demand procurement, category-specific expertise and local SMEs, as well as driving efficiencies, savings, and responsible procurement.

LCG members are encouraged to attend this event to understand how:

  • Constellia’s solution works and the benefits
  • The SoW contract works what professional services can be procured
  • Learn about the London Collaboration SoW Council (LCSoW) and the benefits of joining.

EVENT DETAILS:

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.

REGISTER HERE

Join Constellia and the lcg at our ‘meet the buyer’ evenTS

eventS for suppliers

Suppliers, join Constellia and London Collaboration Group (LCG) at our ‘Meet the Buyer’ events in London on Wednesday 9th October or virtually on Tuesday 15th October.

During the event, we will be joined by guest speakers Euan Beales, Head of Procurement at London Borough Havering Council and Jamie O’Conner, who will share insights into LCG’s procurement goals and how the new Project Delivery (Statement of Works) contract opens up new opportunities for suppliers to engage in professional services projects.

Professional services suppliers are encouraged to attend this event to understand how:

  • Constellia’s solution works and the benefits of joining the Marketplace
  • What LCG‘s aspirations are through the new SoW contract
  • To bid for LCG and public sector contracts

EVENT DETAILS:

Date & Time: 9th October 2024 | 14:15 – 15:45 GMT
Location: London

Date & Time: 15th October 2024 | 13:00 – 13:45 GMT
Location: Virtual

To learn more about this opportunity and attend either of the events, please register your interest by clicking the button below. Further information on how to become a Constellia supplier is available here.

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Join the London Collaboration SoW Council (LCSoW)

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 to find out more and join our collaborative community.

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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.

about 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.

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Constellia Welcomes Kieran Sullivan as Managing Director to Drive Strategic Growth

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Constellia Welcomes Kieran Sullivan as Managing Director to Drive Strategic Growth

3rd July 2024 – Constellia adds to its strategic leadership team through the appointment of Kieran Sullivan, as Managing Director. Kieran will play a pivotal role in driving culture, systems and processes to future-proof the company’s growth.

With over 30 years of expertise in procurement delivery and commercial transformation, Kieran brings a wealth of experience and knowledge across multiple industries within both the public and private sectors. He has also held key roles in one of the “Big 4”, as well as Capita and specialist consulting firms, gaining and excellent reputation for relationship building, high performance and team leadership – skills that will be invaluable in his new role at Constellia.

Kieran joins at a critical time in the company’s growth journey, following Constellia’s recent announcement of being ranked as the 13th fastest-growing private company in the Sunday Times 100 on Friday 28th June 2024, with a 181.99% growth rate over the last three years.

Rob Levene, CEO of Constellia, commented “I am thrilled that Kieran has joined us as Managing Director. His extensive procurement knowledge and experience will be crucial as we continue our ambitious growth plans and strive to enhance the solutions we deliver to our clients.”

Kieran Sullivan, Managing Director of Constellia, comments “I am honoured to lead such a talented and dedicated team at Constellia. The achievements in such a short time are remarkable and inspire me to be part of this exciting journey. What attracted me to this company is its people and the inherent value of its business, consistently driving innovation and customer-service excellence, so it was an obvious choice for me. As Managing Director, my mission is to empower our team with the necessary tools for innovation, enhancing efficiencies and service delivery. Whether through up-skilling, leveraging technology, or optimising processes, together we will sustain our path of excellence, continuously delighting our customers and the extended Constellia community.”

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Sunday Times ranks Constellia as the 13th fastest-growing private company in the UK

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Sunday Times ranks Constellia as the 13th fastest-growing private company in the UK

We’re proud to announce that Constellia has been recognised as the 13th fastest-growing private company in the Sunday Times 100. The league table takes on the baton from The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 series, which celebrated the country’s leading entrepreneurs for 24 years.

The Sunday Times 100 ranks private companies with the fastest growth in business over the last three years. Our addition at number 13 on the leader board is testament to the growth and demand of our neutral vendor solution in the public sector, which is critical to helping procurement teams achieve, quick, agile and compliant procurement, that drive efficiencies, savings and Social Value.

Constellia sprung to life in 2020 when it was awarded a national contract by one of Innovate UK’s catapult centres to deliver a compliant procurement solution for the public sector. Through that contract, and now, many others, Constellia manages almost £300m of spend for over 170 public sector bodies across Central Government, Local Government, NHS, Education, Blue Light Services, Housing and Utilities. Uniquely, the company also operates a similar procurement service model in the private sector.

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Rob Levene, CEO of Constellia, commented: “Being recognised by the Sunday Times 100 not only highlights our accelerated growth as a company, but also demonstrates the continued value we bring to the public sector. Be it delivering savings and efficiencies, supporting SME growth or driving Saving Value initiatives. Fundamental to all our success is that we have adopted a customer centric approach which focusses on quality of service. This is a significant milestone in the Constellia journey, and we are even more excited about what the future will bring.”

As part of its drive to deliver quality of service, Constellia will continue to make significant investments in its people and its platform. The company continues to enhance its technology for greater efficiency, usability and scalability, whilst bolstering its team through upskilling, adding additional procurement expertise, and integrating specialists who drive a customer-centric approach across the business.

For further information, access the Sunday Times article here.

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