Recruitment services

Tender description

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Employee Screening Services. It is being established to meet the needs of Crescent Purchasing Consortium Members, http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members, members of North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium http://www.nwupc.ac.uk and is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the public sector throughout the UK (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. The Framework is being let across two Lots: Lot 1 Disclosure Barring Services. Lot 2 Employee Screening Services One-Stop-Shop. Full details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas is available at http://www.npg-ltd.com/tenders/ Crescent Purchasing Consortium wishes to make available to Participating Public Sector Bodies a comprehensive range of disclosure barring service checks. These will include but will not be restricted to: — Basic checks, — Standard checks, — Enhanced checks or equivalent, — List 99 checks. It is recognised that similar checking services are required by Participating Public Sector Bodies within Scotland and Northern Ireland and it is therefore beneficial for tenderers to provide services that include access to the undertaking of Protection of Vulnerable Groups, and Access NI checks in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively. It is anticipated that services will be made available to Participating Public Sector Bodies through an intuitive on-line customer interface. There will be a maximum of six suppliers awarded a place on this Lot. Crescent Purchasing Consortium wishes to make available to Participating Public Sector Bodies a comprehensive range of Employee Screening Services, through an Employee Screening Services One-Stop-Shop Lot. The core list of such checks include, but not be limited to, the following: — Disclosure Barring Service (to include Basic, Standard, Enhanced and List 99 checks), — Verification Service Checks: o Education Qualification checks, o Professional Qualification/Membership/Licence checks, o Employment checks, o Reference checks, o Gap Verification, — Credit Checks, — Right to work checks, — Identity Verification, — Passport Validation, — DVLA/Driving Licence checks, — Directorship checks, — Media/Social Media checks, — International Fraud/Sanction checks, — BS7858 Check, — The Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks. It is anticipated that services will be made available to Participating Public Sector Bodies through an intuitive on-line customer interface. There will be a maximum of six suppliers awarded a place on this Lot.