Buying consultancy services

Consultancy is the provision of external advice relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of the organisation.

The consultancy services are : 

• advisory in nature
• outside the 'business as usual' environment when in house skills are not available 
• needed for a limited time only

Speak to the procurement team

Before buying a consultancy service, you should contact procurement.team​@essex.gov.​uk​.

They will talk to you about your options and help you to source the appropriate services to meet your requirements.

The consultancy services guidance (DOC, 130MB) explains the criteria we use to make sure the use of consultancy services is appropriate.