A full list of the key public sector recruitment frameworks/contracts in the UK together with their contract start and end dates and details of the lots/specialisms covered under each of them. This list covers central Government frameworks, NHS and other national contracts, but does not detail all of the Local Authority contracts available. Last reviewed/updated: […]
Useful Definitions for Bidding & Tendering
This useful definitions for bidding and tendering document provides a wide range of terminology used in recruitment bids and tenders, together with clear and simple definitions and explanations of what each term means. Last updated: 26.01.21
Anti-Bribery Code of Conduct
This Anti-Bribery Code of Conduct is compliant with the Bribery Act 2010 and is designed to accompany your company’s Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy. This document should be signed by each employee and used as a method for ensuring that all staff and workers understand and abide by the company’s policy. It identifies and lists all […]
Health and Safety Policy Statement
Occasionally you are asked to provide a Health & Safety Policy Statement rather than a full Health & Safety Policy in recruitment tenders. This statement template is designed to support the extremely robust Health & Safety Policy Template written by Brunton Bid Writing (available in the Health, Safety, Safeguarding and Care category) as it provides an overview what is covered in the full Health & Safety Policy.
How to Write an Executive Summary
Bids and tenders often ask you to start the document with an executive summary. This may be a generic company executive summary or a “tender specific” one which is an overview of how your company will meet the client’s overall requirements. This useful document gives a breakdown of what should be included in an executive summary.
Equality Monitoring Form
A template form to enable the company to gather the information that underpins the Equality Act 2010 covering relevant protected characteristics and enabling you to establish the diversity of your staff and applicants to support equality monitoring for both best practice and to support recruitment tender writing.
Discounts and Rebates
A range of different ways of discounting price for recruitment agencies when tendering, together with considerations and implications of each method. This free download details ideas for offering guarantees, discounts & rebates for recruitment agencies including a range of different ways of discounting price with a view to offering added value to the client in return for additional commitment and business.
Complaint Record Form
A free Complaints Record template which shows the information that is gathered when a client or candidate complaint is made to a recruitment agency including how this information is recorded and how the complaint is resolved and signed off.
Calculating Holiday Pay / WTR
Step by step instructions on how to calculate paid annual leave for temporary workers.
Calculating Actual NI
Step by step instructions on how to calculate the true cost of employer’s NI for temporary workers.
Bid Writing Style Guide
A guide to business writing as well as how to present bids and tenders including writing style, grammar, spelling, consistency and layout which all have an impact on the overall success of a submission. This document provides basic rules and suggestions to help you to develop a consistent corporate style and to construct clear and persuasive tenders and proposals.
Audit Checklist
A tick list that allows recruitment agencies to check that all legal, regulatory and best practice documentation and information has been received, validated and is up to date in the candidate file. This document should be amended as appropriate to include sector specific or client specific requirements.
10 Top Tips for Writing Recruitment Tenders
Advice & guidance to help smaller recruitment agencies compete successfully with the large players when tendering to provide temporary, contract or permanent recruitment services.
