Published date: 21 April 2017
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
General personnel services for the government - 75131100
Payroll management services - 79211110
Human resources management consultancy services - 79414000
Recruitment services - 79600000
Training services - 80500000
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, Northern Ireland
Value of contract
£38,000,000 to £52,000,000
Procurement reference
PU-17-0196 CN
Published date
21 April 2017
Closing date
2 June 2017
Contract start date
18 July 2018
Contract end date
18 July 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Contracting Authority is procuring the services for an integrated recruitment, payroll, HR and training service (the 'RPT Services') that are associated with the employment, by the Contracting Authority, of up to 47,000 employees to make up the Field Force that will help deliver the 2019 Rehearsal and 2021 Census for all households and communal establishments in England and Wales.
Objectives
The Contracting Authority currently expects the provider of the RPT Services (the RPT Supplier) will:
- provide a flexible, secure and assured RPT services to deliver up to 47,000 competent, engaged and enthusiastic members of the Field Force throughout England and Wales, ready to work on both the 2019 Rehearsal and the 2021 Census;
- deliver the RPT Services using a collaborative approach;
- identify opportunities for the Contracting Authority (and Government as a whole) to realise wider benefits from the delivery of the RPT Services.
Recruitment, Pay and Training service high-level requirements
In preparing it's plans for delivering the Census Transformation Programme, the Contracting Authority currently predicts the Field Force will include up to 500 staff to deliver the 2019 Rehearsal and up to 46,500 staff to deliver the 2021 Census.
The Field Force staff will need to positively engage with the public to encourage them to promptly complete both the 2019 Rehearsal and the 2021 Census questionnaire (either online or in paper).
There will be a range of roles and levels, spanning different dates, as well as a variety of contract length and working times. This may require tailored approaches within the RPT Services to successfully deliver all aspects.
Positive user journeys that appeal to a wide and diverse range of candidates will be essential for the engagement and retention of Field Force staff throughout the recruitment, training and deployment process.
In order to deliver both the 2019 Rehearsal and the 2021 Census, the Contracting Authority is proposing to make the best use of all available technology. This is both to provide the Field Force with their individual work schedules (via a field work management tool) and as a central communication tool.
It is presently envisaged that the scope of the RPT Services may comprise:
- a recruitment service;
- a training service;
- a human resource (HR) management service;
- a payroll service.
Each of these elements is described in more detail in the Invitation to Participate (ITP) document, which can be found on the Contracting Authority's e-Sourcing Portal (https://intendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home).
About the buyer
Address
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
England
census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk
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