OJEU Full IT Outsource

ENW had used IT services provided by the parent organisation for many years, so when ENW demerged it was a challenging task to define the requirements and to tender for these through the OJEU regulations for utility companies.

•    The contract was let successfully, the ‘Alcatel’ standstill period completed without challenge
•    A single supplier is in place delivering improved services at less than budgeted cost
•    Significant knowledge transfer to ENW staff on OJEU Public Procurement

•    The Turnstone team worked partly onsite, partly offsite during the project
•    Our consultants liased with stakeholders in the IT, Procurement and Financial teams, working on the OJEU notice, the PQQ phase, ITT and final contract award
•    Turnstone were used by ENW in conjunction with ENW’s legal counsel
•    We developed the OJEU Procurement Strategy, which was followed through to close out
•    The process drove out all the issues for ENW to address before contract signature, to prevent any surprises during delivery

“Turnstone guided our inhouse team successfully through ENW’s first IT outsource under the OJEU regulations.
It was a difficult task, with many stakeholders from across the business, tight timescales and a complex project.

Turnstone performed very well, providing key OJEU advice and commercial input, as well as hands on support.
They are not a typical consultancy - they worked alongside us and got their hands dirty, undertaking the workload of communication with all of the bidders.

Turnstone went on to help to ensure the winning deal was commercially favourable to ENW, negotiating appropriate service level terms and checking the schedules.
 
I would not hesitate to deploy them again on a similar exercise - they proved invaluable to our process.”

Richard Hetherington, Head of Procurement ENW