Official UK procurement notice
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission - Provision of Tests and Assessment Exercises for Recruitment Competitions - BR-086-2023
Authority: NI Assembly·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Assembly Commission is seeking to appoint a supplier who can supply recruitment tests and assessment exercises to support the recruitment and selection process for permanent staff. The Assembly Commission’s Recruitment and Selection Framework sets out a variety of selection options to meet recruitment needs with assessments tailored for specific roles to find the right person for the role, improving organisational performance and increasing diversity and inclusion. Key Activity 1: Provision of Online Tests - used in high volume competitions as a shortlisting tool. Key Activity 2: Assessment Exercises - as part of the selection process to assess different aspects of the applicants’ skills including scoring the exercise and provision of feedback on the performance of the applicant in the assessment exercise. These off-the-shelf assessments and tests must be equality assessed to ensure they do not have any adverse impact on equality grounds including community background, gender, age or disability.
- Recurrence: 3 months prior to the expiry of this contract, anticipated to be April 2028.
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£140,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Costs: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Costs: 60
- Technical & professional ability
Previous Relevant Experience
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 3 months prior to the expiry of this contract, anticipated to be April 2028.
- First published
- 5 May 2023, 11:09 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2024, 14:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Jun 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014688- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c699Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The Contractor’s performance will be monitored periodically by the Human Resources Recruitment Team's Contract Manager and measured at the end of each recruitment competition against the agreed Key Performance Indicators as detailed in the Schedule 5 Specification.
- Review procedure
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement. competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued. regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended
Publisher note: Performance against plan and timely achievement of KPIs as detailed in the Specification document will be monitored periodically. The supplier's Contract Manager will be responsible for delivering performance levels to meet the contractual obligations and the Contract requirements outlined in Schedule 5 of the Specification.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 5 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
5 Jun 2023 → 8 May 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline5 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened5 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until3 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published8 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2023- Status changed to cancelled23 Jun 2023, 10:23 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Jun 2023, 10:23 BST
- Status changed to complete8 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| S H L Group LtdContract | £140,000 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract · S H L Group Ltd
- Signed
- 8 May 2024
- Value
- £140,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Northern Ireland Assembly CommissionContracting authorityDevolved LegislatureLegislature
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- N/AReview body
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended.Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- S H L Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.