Published date: 10 January 2018

Last edited date: 10 January 2018

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


Closing: 14 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£24,000

Procurement reference

NCTL47/GR

Published date

10 January 2018

Closing date

14 September 2017

Contract start date

2 October 2017

Contract end date

26 January 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Recruitment Brokerage Support service will include but is not limited to:
1. Engagement and working with schools that have registered to recruit from international teacher initiatives:
a. Offer a recruitment brokerage service
b. Act as the key point of contact for the school on behalf of the DfE
c. Establish schools' recruitment needs
d. Provide support by recommending and shortlisting suitable candidates for interview
e. Arrange interviews and confirming outcomes where schools require this support.
f. Monitoring and following up on the status of a schools' recruitment of a suitable candidate
2. Engagement and communicationg with candidates on behalf of schools:
a. Arrange interviews and confirming outcomes as required.
b. Ensure candidates respond to employment offer within two working days
3. Working collaboratively with other service providers, ensuring candidates are not approached by multiple schools.
4. Undertaking agreed activities to encourage school registration to international teacher initiatives; this may include attendance at events and seminars to promote opportunities and engagement with school networks.
5. Providing expert communications and guidance to schools and selected candidates in respect to the recruitment process, in line with the model agreed for international teacher initiatives.
6. Liaising regularly with the Contract Manager regarding system/access changes required on the online candidate pool system; to ensure approached and recruited candidates are no longer visible on the online candidate pool system.
7. Tracking and recording progress of recruitment for schools and candidates on agreed data templates (e.g. approached, appointed and withdrawals), reporting to the Contract Manager weekly.
8. Undertaking training on the online data sharing systems.
9. Service providers will be expected to provide details of activity completed for each day worked.
10. Whilst not essential, it would be advantageous if service providers could speak and write Spanish, French and or German.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

26 September 2017

Contract start date

2 October 2017

Contract end date

26 January 2018

Total value of contract

£24,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

LT Education Ltd

Address

5 Union Street, Dunstable, LU6 1EX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

PD Leadership Services

Address

5 Hayfield Grove, Weston, Newark, NG23 6SB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

National College for Teaching and Leadership Agora Building Cumberland Place
Nottingham
NG1 6HG
England

Email

Shamsiah.khatun@education.gov.uk