PS26195 - New Futures Procurement Framework

1. Introduction

The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) will shortly be undertaking a re-procurement of the current Futures Framework to ensure continued access to these critical services. The intended value of the new Open Framework will be £9,000,000 over a duration of six years. The Government Office for Science is the centre for Futures thinking in Government promoting strategic long-term thinking for better decision-making. The Framework will be a register of Futures practitioners from which HMG departments, Agencies and UK public bodies can quickly, and at low cost, identify and procure futures services to support longer-term strategic work and further develop these capabilities in government; ultimately creating better connections with external Futures expertise and building a stronger network of Futures practitioners within UK government. We encourage bids from new suppliers, as well as those who are on the existing framework. We will be holding a pre-market engagement session on Wednesday 6th August 11:00am to 12:00pm

1. Aims & Objectives

To ensure that government departments, agencies and public bodies can undertake longer-term strategic work, with confidence as widely and deeply as is needed, it is crucial that engaging suppliers in Futures, foresight and related work is straightforward and not time consuming. The aim of the framework is to assist Government to quickly and with minimal cost identify and procure Futures and related services . 3. Scope

The framework will provide government departments, arm’s-length bodies and other eligible public sector organisations with access to suppliers able to deliver futures, foresight and related professional services. This may include, but is not limited to:

• Horizon scanning, trend identification and analysis of drivers of change. • Scenario development, strategic foresight and futures methodologies. • Evidence gathering, synthesis and analysis to support long-term policy and strategy develop