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Published 30 Jun 2022, 14:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Temporary and Permanent Recruitment - Specialist ICT and Support Function Positions

Official notice

Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£750,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Aug 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cantium Business Solutions Limited (Cantium) is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo), whose ultimate parent company is Kent County Council (KCC). Cantium provides tailored ICT, HR, and Finance services to its customers across the UK within the Education, Local Authority, Health, and the Private sector. As a LATCo we are proud of our Public Sector heritage, which has given us a foundation in business delivery and infrastructure insight. This uniquely enables us to operate as a private company whilst contributing to the success of the Local Authority.

Cantium has recently reviewed its recruitment strategy and is now in a position to finalise this by creating a preferred supplier list (PSL) of agencies, comprising of two different and distinct recruitment agencies; IT specialist agencies able to cover the complete range of IT roles required by Cantium, and generalist agencies able to fulfil requirements for all support functions within Cantium.

Cantium is looking to engage up to 10 agencies to form our Preferred Suppliers List.

The contract is for a maximum length of 36 months based on an initial fixed 12-month period, after which a 3-months break clause will apply to the balance of the term. The contract will expire in its entirety after 36 months or earlier if the break clause is applied.

Further background and technical information can be found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

CPV: Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£750,000
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

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: 86%Price: 14%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Mandatory Requirements (excluding 2.13): 62%
  • Value Added Services: 24%
  • price: 14%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Mandatory Requirements (excluding 2.13): 62%
  • Value Added Services: 24%
  • Price: 14%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 14 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.4 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Jun 2022, 14:42 BST
Last source update
30 Jun 2022, 14:42 BST
Award evaluation window
2 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN617031
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017907
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034c99 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
1 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Aug 2022, 08:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jun 2022 → 2 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    30 Jun 2022, 14:42 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    2 Aug 2022, 08:30 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cantium Business Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Worrall House, Kings Hill, West Malling, UK, ME19 4AEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.