Recruitment services

Tender description

Crescent Purchasing Consortium has established a Framework Agreement for the provision of Employee Screening Services. It has been established to meet the needs of its 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, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. The Framework is let across 2 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/ Through this framework Crescent Purchasing Consortium is making available to Participating Public Sector Bodies a comprehensive range of disclosure barring service checks. These include but are 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. The services therefore include access to the undertaking of Protection of Vulnerable Groups, and Access NI checks in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively. The services are, as standard, being made available to Participating Public Sector Bodies through an intuitive on-line customer interface. Through this framework Crescent Purchasing Consortium is making 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 are 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. The services are, as standard, being made available to Participating Public Sector Bodies through an intuitive on-line customer interface.