Official UK procurement notice
GSS24823 - Employee Screening Services
Authority: UKSBS (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 11th August 2025 at 14:00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.
Brief Description of Requirement
UKSBS, on behalf of their clients, seeks to procure a supplier that can successfully, confidentially and legally, in accordance with all relevant legislation, provide a baseline security screening service and carry out pre-employment and pre-engagement of candidate checks.
What is employee screening?
Pre-employment screening is the background check undertaken for staff, contractors, agency personnel and other people with access to the organisation’s assets. Typically, this means that checks are conducted to validate and verify information provided by the screening candidate to ensure that they have provided an honest and factual representation to enable organisations to make the best hiring decisions.
Aims and Objectives
Suppliers bidding for this specialised service must demonstrate clearly with evidence through their tender submissions that they can undertake screening, and provide the desired outcomes for UKSBS in a cost-efficient, and accurate manner through:
- compliance with UKSBS’ KPIs, UK laws, policy, legislation (UK Data Protection Act 2018), and government standards,
- conformity to the BPSS and SLAs indicated,
- relevant and required branding,
- facility to support candidates during the screening process,
- maintenance of GDPR compliance and classifications, and;
- provision of reporting, reminders and communication.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.
This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the RFP document.
How to Apply
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement.
To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.
If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗.
Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number itt_2122
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Apr 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,336,270
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)
- Technical: 75%
- Commercial: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Technical
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 Apr 2029
- First published
- 26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 14:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
GSS24823- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035442- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055442Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Jun 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BST
- Clarification questions by31 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent330 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends319 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published242 days ago27 Feb 2026, 14:55 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2025- Tender notice published26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published30 Jul 2025, 13:27 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 11 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST30 Jul 2025, 13:27 BST+11 days · was 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Contract award notice published1 Dec 2025, 11:02 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Dec 2025, 11:02 GMT
- Contract award notice published13 Dec 2025, 09:53 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Procurement termination notice published27 Feb 2026, 14:55 GMTUK12
Published amendments (1)
Timescales for bid submission deadline updated
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 26 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everest Recruitment and Services LtdSME1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2028 · up to 30 Apr 2030Extensions: This contract has been let as 2 year intial term with the option to extend +1year and then a further +1year · Amended: Correction of the initial term period of to confirm this is a 2 +1, +1 Contract. Also extension of standstill period and estimated award dates | £1,336,270 | 1 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Everest Recruitment and Services LtdSME
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Nov 2027
- Status
- cancelled (26 Feb 2026), Specification deficiencies
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16final-stage tenders · 17 at stage one | 8 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Everest Recruitment and Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender