HMRC - Commercial Strategic Delivery Partner

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) currently intend to undertake a tendering exercise for a Commercial Strategic Delivery Partner (CSDP), further details of which are given below, and to advise potential tenderers of an upcoming Supplier Event which will be held on 09/12/2015 in London, at 13.00pm. Followed by opportunities to meet with HMRC on a one to one basis, to be arranged on the supplier day.

HMRC has an external spend in excess of £1.4 billion annually. Commercial Directorate, who sit within the Chief Finance Officer’s Group (CFO) in HMRC have responsibility for and/or influence over all commercial arrangements covering this spend.

HMRC’s commercial landscape and interaction with the market is changing significantly due to ongoing internal strategic programmes to transform its IT and Estates operations and as a result of increasing Spending Review commitments. The requirement is for a CSDP with the experience and capacity to strengthen current senior commercial leadership and to develop and deliver our Commercial Strategy.

The fundamental approach required from the CSDP will be to: • Mobilise - immediate injection of senior leadership capability and capacity – plus further resource injections for short-term specific tasks where required • Deliver – lead delivery against HMRC Commercial Strategy, Commercial Directorate Strategic Deployment Matrix (SDM) and HMRC/government corporate drivers • Sustain - build required future capability and capacity in-house and exit their resources in a controlled way To deliver this outcome, strategic direction will be set through our Commercial Strategy, which will continue to be driven by HMRC, and the CSDP will required to support and provide guidance on it. We are looking for a supplier that can deliver a partnership approach, improving on things that aren’t working well but nurturing those that do, and be an integral part of the commercial leadership team.

The CSDP will provide the additional resources required to deliver business as usual requirements and drive delivery of the strategy in conjunction with existing HMRC commercial leadership and staff. They will collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders, including other HMRC strategic partners.

Capability development of, and skills transfer to, both the profession and business areas will be a key requirement of the CSDP to deliver the desired outcome. The anticipated outputs/milestones for the CSDP will be based around our Commercial Strategy Delivery Plan, which has the following high level timeline: • Mar 16 - develop/implement • Mar 17 – implement/embed • Mar 18 – deliver HMRC are seeking to engage with organisations and consortia who might be interested in working with the Department to develop its requirements and commercial strategy.

Further details about the requirement will be available at the Supplier Event. See attached Prior Information Notice (PIN) for further information.