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Published 26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

GSS24823 - Employee Screening Services

Official notice

Authority: UKSBS (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,336,270≈ £668k / year · £1,603,524 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Aug 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 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 published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£1,336,270
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensionsValue: £1,336,270 exc. VAT · £1,603,524 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 1st December 2029 (including all optional extensions 2+1+1)

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 75%
  • Commercial: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Commercial
  • Technical
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Recruitment services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055442 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Jun 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    31 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    11 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025
  6. Contract starts330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025
  7. Standstill ends319 days ago
    11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Latest notice published242 days ago
    27 Feb 2026, 14:55 GMT

Notice history

8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 14:22 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 13:27 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 11 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
    30 Jul 2025, 13:27 BST
    +11 days · was 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
  4. Contract award notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 11:02 GMT
    UK6
  5. Status changed to complete
    1 Dec 2025, 11:02 GMT
  6. Contract award notice published
    13 Dec 2025, 09:53 GMT
    UK6
  7. Contract signature expected
    17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  8. Procurement termination notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 14:55 GMT
    UK12
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
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,336,2701 award exc. VAT
Bids received 168 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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£1,336,2701 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
16final-stage tenders · 17 at stage one80—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UKSBS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMPN-7535-GNTG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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