# Contract Award - Independent Board and Executive team Effectiveness Review 2019

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by HS2.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [HS2](/buyers/hs2/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Touchwood Talent Ltd
- Award value: £37,950
- Tender value: £37,950
- Award date: 18 March 2019
- Published: 28 May 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 28 June 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: fd8c21e5-9d64-4bba-8c25-61a2554dc77d-291828
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fa4203d3-045b-4426-8944-e3ba1b6af791

## Description

HS2 Ltd has appointed an Touchwood Talent Limited to carry out an independent review of the effectiveness of the HS2 Board \(in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the previous external review having been carried out in mid-2016\) and the effectiveness of the HS2 Executive Committee \(so as to support a competency assessment to be made of HS2 Ltd by the Department for Transport prior to the Department giving authority for the HS2 project to proceed to construction\)\. The contract duration is for one full cycle of Board and Executive Committee meetings\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fd8c21e5-9d64-4bba-8c25-61a2554dc77d-291828)