Published date: 11 July 2022
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Software package and information systems - 48000000
Administration, defence and social security services - 75000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£900,000
Procurement reference
ECC001-DN616419-60700583
Published date
11 July 2022
Closing date
10 August 2022
Closing time
2pm
Contract start date
5 September 2022
Contract end date
5 November 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Essex County Council (ECC) Employment Vetting Service currently processes Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and other employments checks for internal staff, and also to External Customer Organisations across the UK. The current split of checks is approx. 30% internal to 70% external.
ECC is seeking to replace its current service provision with a service that will offer a range of checks including the current checks and any potential new checks that the bidder may offer.
Our longer-term aim is to become an eRB broker.
We would be seeking a provider to offer a system for checks with ECC remaining as the counter signatory for DBS
The ECC eDBS Service has a current e-Bulk contract with an external provider which is due to come to an end in November 2022. On average last year we completed 37,500 checks with an expectation to increase this by 36% throughout 2022 and continue to increase. The checks completed were made up of 23,100 DBS checks and 14,400 other pre-employment checks.
The new contract will be expected to ensure continuity for the eDBS Service element and its existing customers.
More information
Additional text
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Your ITT submission must be submitted to the Authority electronically by publishing through this ITT CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services, DN616419 at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
• Not later than 14:00 hours on 10/08/2022.
• It is the Authority's policy to reject any tenders received after the above deadline.
About the buyer
Contact name
Andrew Beaver
Address
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom
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