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Below are useful documents and website links that provide further information on the subject of consultancy.

The National Audit Office Consultancy Toolkit provides a framework for reviewing the extent to which an organisation is achieving value for money from its use of consultants

www.nao.org.uk/efficiency/consultancy_toolkit/index.htm

The Regional Centre of Excellence How to be Successful in Procuring Consultancy Services

Download PDF document RCE How to be Successful in Procuring Consultancy Services, November 2007. (2.4MB, 19pp)

The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report on Central Governments use of consultants.

 Download PDF document House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Central government's use of consultants, June 2007. (857KB, 43pp)

The National Audit Office Report on Central Governments use of consultants

Download PDF document National Audit Office (NAO) Central governments use of consultants, December 2006. (812KB, 49pp)

For information and guidance on policies and general information on buying consultants’ services. You can use the OGC successful delivery toolkit

www.ogc.gov.uk/sdtoolkit/

For a wide range of information and the OGC buying.solutions section of their website,

www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk

For general information on buying consultants’ services

The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) Capacity Building Toolkit

www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk

For a wide range of information on Consultants

The Institute of Business Consulting (IMC), a professional organisation, at

http://www.ibconsulting.org.uk/

The Management Consultancies Association (MCA), a professional organisation, at

www.mca.org.uk

For general information on buying consultants’ services

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), a professional organisation, at

www.cips.org