Published date: 20 November 2020

Last edited date: 23 November 2020

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 20 November 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£189,000

Procurement reference

CCCB20A07

Published date

20 November 2020

Approach to market date

20 November 2020

Contract start date

17 December 2020

Contract end date

16 April 2021

Procedure type

Other: Open Market

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority requires the appointed Supplier to provide the following services for this executive search:
Market research and use of networks to source candidates;
Weekly updates on progress;
Receipt, administration and processing of applications (including provision of diversity and equality information);
Ad hoc discussions with the Authority on candidates and the sifting of applications to produce a shortlist of recommended candidates to the Buyer;
Assistance with preparation for final interviews (which will be conducted by the Authority) and response handling;
Undertaking relevant searching of candidates, including obtaining references as required; and
Informing candidates of outcome, provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates
The Authority will be responsible for providing the job specification and undertaking final interviews of all identified appointable candidates.
The Authority will retain the shortlist, subject to GDPR compliance, with discretion to make appointments from this list for up to a period of twelve months post completion of the recruitment exercise.
The Supplier will ensure an understanding of and fully support the Contracting Authority's requirement for a diverse and inclusive campaign. This should include developing innovative strategies which succeed in developing a strong and diverse candidate pool for the role. The Contracting Authority will require the candidate pool to be demonstrably strong and diverse before agreeing to proceed to long-list / short-list.
The Supplier shall have an equality and diversity policy which addresses the prevention of unlawful discrimination and promotes equality and diversity within their own workforce and candidate pool.
The Supplier shall commit to the highest ethical and professional standards in all of its activities and maintain high standards in relation to compliance with all current equality legislation.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2020/2021 £189,000

Attachments

Additional text

Please can you email tjay.singh@crowncommercial.gov.uk before Monday 7th December 2020 if you would like to be invited to submit a bid for this Procurement. The tender deadline is Wednesday 9th December 2020.

Potential Providers must first be registered on the Crown Commercial Service e-Sourcing Suite in order to respond to the Procurement. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk following the link 'I am a New Supplier User'.

Please note that, to register and to enable any subsequent contract award, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering. Potential Providers should note that it could take up to 10 working days to obtain a DUNS number.
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:
http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender

Once you have registered on the eSourcing tool, you will be able to express your interest in this specific procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
Note: If you require additional users from your organisation to see the Invitation to Tender ITT, do not repeat the registration process as this will create a new separate organisation account; instead the registered user can add additional users to the existing supplier organisation account via "User Management" > "Manage Users" > "Users" > "Create".

To express your interest in this procurement:
1) Login to the eSourcing Suite portal;
2) On the dashboard select the link ITTs open to all suppliers;
3) On the "ITTs Open to All Suppliers" webpage you will see one or more procurements listed, click on the procurement name you wish to access;
4) Click on 'Express Interest' at the top of the next screen;
5) You can now access the published documents in the eSourcing Suite portal.

It is advised however that Potential Providers register as soon as practically possible in order to have a sufficient amount of time to respond.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact the Customer Service Centre:
Telephone: 0345 410 2222
Email: eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Tjay Singh

Address

Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8QQ
Wales

Telephone

07736 046494

Email

tjay.singh@crowncommercial.gov.uk