Published date: 14 January 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 May 2020, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands

Value of contract

£1,300,000

Procurement reference

CS19295

Published date

14 January 2021

Closing date

11 May 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

3 August 2020

Contract end date

2 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 11th May 2020 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement
UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS), on behalf of the UK Research and Innovation wishes to put in place a services for pre-employment screening, this is the background checking of staff, contractors, agency personnel and other people with access to the organisation's assets. This means that checks are conducted to validate and verify information provided by the screening candidate to ensure that they have provided an honest and factual representation to enable organisations to make the best hiring decisions.
UK SBS HR services, on behalf of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) recruits employees for, is seeking a competent organisation that can successfully, confidentially and legally, in accordance with all legislation,provide a "BASELINE" security screening service carry out pre-employment and pre-engagement of candidates.
Requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.

How to Apply

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login'

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: 5P982H7258

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CS19295 Security screening process of pre-recruitment candidates and existing employees

  • Opportunity
  • Published 28 February 2020, last edited 25 March 2020

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Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:

i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice ;and

ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.


About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Award information

Awarded date

9 November 2020

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

30 November 2024

Total value of contract

£1,300,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AGENDA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Address

2 Humber Quays,Wellington Street West
HULL
East Yorkshire
HU1 2BN
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 03295323

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kerry Hammond

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk