Business analysis consultancy services

Pick 72221000 when the deliverable is business-level analysis, not technology design and not the build. A contracting authority uses it to commission a requirements study, a process review, an options appraisal, or a business case before committing to a larger programme. The accepted output is the report and the recommendation.

The boundary that trips authorities is the IT-flavoured sibling. Information systems strategic review and planning (72222000) is for shaping the IT strategy itself; information technology requirements review (72223000) is for pinning down system requirements. Choose 72221000 when the analysis is about the business problem and how the organisation operates, even if technology is part of the answer.

Project management consultancy (72224000) is the other near neighbour: that is advice on running the delivery, while 72221000 is advice on what the delivery should achieve. Where a single contract folds analysis into a wider advisory panel, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable rather than the whole bundle. Several of the example titles below show it bought as a line within a broader consultancy framework, so check whether an existing framework already covers the work before opening a fresh procurement.

Winners here are advisory firms and boutique consultancies that sell senior analysts and method by the day, not delivery teams that sell built software. Your case rests on named consultants, comparable engagements in the same sector, and a clear analytical approach, far more than on tooling or headcount. If you bid, lead with the specific business-analysis credential, not a general services catalogue.

Framework agreements are a recurring shape across the titles below, and that structure rewards getting onto the panel first, then winning call-offs against other named experts. Day-rate cards and named-expert references carry weight alongside the written response. The mean award value is high, about €2.4M across disclosed awards (TED 2009-2026), and several of the example titles below are multi-year framework agreements rather than single studies.

Expect competition from two directions: project-management consultancies arriving from 72224000 that add an analysis line, and IT-strategy advisers from 72222000. Where it nets out: an authority buying analysis is paying for judgement it cannot staff in-house, so a sharp, sector-specific track record beats a generalist pitch. The United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain account for the bulk of historical activity (TED 2009-2026), so a credible footprint in those markets helps.