Working with Public Authorities

Infrastructure Procurement

We support the public sector to deliver property and infrastructure procured from the private sector.

Our backgrounds in frontline management of complex property and infrastructure supporting public sector service delivery, combined with our industry experience, enable us to support procuring Authorities. We provide the public sector with specialist advice and market intelligence which helps steer significant change or transformation in the way infrastructure enables service delivery upon which the public rely. This ranges from the production of IPA-compliant business cases to advice on the commercial aspects of asset procurement, development, design, construction and disposal. We provide advice and support on:

Complex Business Cases

to meet Treasury and Cabinet Office requirements

Portfolio, Programme and Project Management

Commercial aspects of procurement

of capital works, hard/soft/total FM services, relocation and estate consolidation, land disposals and development partner appointments, and land asset acquisitions.

Case Studies

Since 2012 WaND has supported 30+ Clients across 150+ major procurements. Here are recent examples of work winning support

DVLA Planned & Reactive Engineering Services

The Driver Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) was nearing the end of a 20-year PFI contract to manage and maintain its estate and infrastructure. This estate consists of 12 buildings across three DVLA sites and provides workspace for the 6,000+ DVLA staff who administer 52 million driver records and collect £7bn vehicle excise duty annually. The PFI was being replaced with a 5 Year+ Hard FM Contract commencing in April 2025. Our client, a major FM entity, had long targeted the DVLA and engaged WaND to assist them in navigating the tender and provide perspective on the impact of a post PFI environment.

Metropolitan Police Hard FM & Engineering Services Procurement

The Metropolitan Police initiated a procurement competition seeking a single industry partner to provide hard FM and engineering services. The Met had decided to transform its relationship with industry, moving from a North and South model to a single partnering arrangement to maintain its complex, critical and diverse estate. This estate, covering 160 sites, includes non-standard assets ranging from aviation, stables, port and training facilities to micro assets such as 36,000 lockers. Our Client, a major UK FM entity, had targeted the contract as a new business opportunity and tasked WaND with supporting them in securing it.

Securing Major Construction Contracts that will change the future of the Defence Estate

As part of its Defence Estates Optimization Programme (DEOP), MOD sought Delivery Partners for 5 Regional and 6 Major Projects packages of accommodation and technical infrastructure, totaling £3.65Bn. Our Client considered achieving a significant role in DEOP as fundamental to its defence business.

Our Sectors

Central & Wider Government

We guide industry through Defence procurement, from positioning and responding to tenders to mobilizing for major projects…

Professional Services & Supply Chain

We help companies connect with public authorities and Tier 1 Primes, either directly or through the supply chain…

Defence

We guide industry through Defence procurement, from positioning and responding to tenders to mobilising for major projects…

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the WaND team for your significant contribution to VINCI’s FDIS Built Estate response. I have been taken by the breadth of capability and deep level of understanding your consultancy has, particularly in relation to how Defence Estate directly impacts core military capability"

Our Partners

We have a number of informal strategic partnering arrangements with other sector specialists and often work alongside them when supporting a client as our services are complementary. These include Cargyll, Akerlof, Electi, SecureConstruct and HLM Architects.