Crown Commercial Service (CCS) launched the Management Consultancy Framework 3 (MCF3) in 2021 to offer a broad range of cost-effective consulting services to buyers in central government and other parts of the public sector. The framework (which has CCS Agreement ID RM6187) was intended to last for four years. It includes nine lots, of which Bramble Hub is a supplier on six. You can find more information on each lot below.

CCS developed MCF3 to accommodate projects of all sizes. The framework also supports various pricing models such as fixed-price and time and materials projects.

We have successfully bid on dozens of projects on MCF3, alongside over twenty of our partners, for customers including the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Ministry of Justice, and Nottingham City Council.

The MCF3 framework replaced two earlier frameworks: Management Consultancy Framework (RM3745), which CCS launched in 2017, and Management Consultancy Framework Two (RM6008) which was launched in 2018. These were preceded by earlier CCS frameworks.

MCF3 is expected to be replaced by Management Consultancy Framework 4 (RM6309), although no award date has yet been announced for this framework agreement.

Management Consultancy Framework 3 (RM6187) Lots

Bramble Hub can supply consultancy services via the following MCF3 lots:

MCF3 Lot 1- Business: This lot relates to advice on a broad range of business issues related to strategy, structure, management or operations, and services purchased may include change management, programme and project management and business continuity planning, among others.

MCF3 Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy: The second lot relates to the provision of “strategic objective advice relating to corporate strategies or government policy”, and covers various services including business process reengineering, change management and regulatory advice.

MCF3 Lot 3 - Complex and Transformation: Lot 3 relates to “complex programmes or portfolios of work which may be multi-disciplinary and/or transformational”. Services that can be procured include transformation management, management of complex programmes and services related to digital technology.

MCF3 Lot 5 – HR: This lot covers the purchase of consultancy related to Human Resources, and can include cultural transformation, dispute resolution and workforce planning.

MCF3 Lot 6 - Procurement and Supply Chain: Lot 6 covers consultancy related to procurement and supply chain services such as cost reduction, contract management and supplier management.

MCF3 Lot 9 - Environmental Sustainability and Socio-Economic Development: The last lot on which Bramble Hub is a supplier covers a range of consultancy related to air quality, carbon management, natural resource management, sustainability and social value.

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How Bramble Hub works

We operate as a thin-prime contractor on public sector frameworks, along with our network of subcontractors. Our public sector customers get access to hundreds of innovative suppliers, and our partners get access to contracts they otherwise could not access. We match customers with suppliers and we eliminate the pain of procurement for both sides.