Overview & Pricing for HSC International Permanent Recruitment for NHS in Northern Ireland

Critical Timescales

Deadline for receipt of clarification questions – 3pm, 7^th April 2021
Deadline for submission of the tender – 3pm, 14^th April 2021

Registration & Accessing the Documents

To access the documents and complete your tender, you must follow the instructions on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3339364

Tender Breakdown

Complete Eligibility envelope (applicable to all lots)
Technical envelope (one for each lot)
Financial envelope (one for each lot)

Award Criteria – Agencies/Lot

NSCNI is looking to appoint the following number of agencies for each lot:

Lot 1 – the 5 highest scoring tenders
Lot 2 – the 5 highest scoring tenders
Lot 3 – the 5 highest scoring tenders
Lot 4 – the 5 highest scoring tenders
Lot 5 – the 10 highest scoring tenders
Lot 6 – the 10 highest scoring tenders

Criteria

LOTS 1 & 2 – DOCTORS

To be successful in this tender, you MUST be able to provide evidence of your experience in delivering an international recruitment service specific to the lots you are bidding for including:

The countries you have worked in and can source staff from
The number of staff placed in a typical year broken down by grade and specialty (including specifying track record in the most recent year).
Names and contact details for clients with whom staff were placed.
Success rates for the appointments.
Dropout rates between offer and placement.
How you ensure compliance.
Experience of the staff in your team (specifically in international recruitment)
Scenario based question to demonstrate your capability and capacity to recruit against the following specification – requirement for 10-15 doctors per specialty across 5 specialties including detailing your process and timescales for the process (3,000 words).
Scenario based question outlining the pastoral support you will provide (1,500 words)
Communication strategy question (1,500 words)

Evaluation criteria – 70% Quality, 30% Price

LOTS 3 & 4 NURSING

Your company must have a turnover of at least £1 million on the most recent year.

AND

You must have placed at least 200 international nurses within the most recent year (you will be asked for evidence of this)

You must have at last one registered healthcare professional within the Account Team.

YOUR BID WILL FAIL IF YOU CANNOT DEMONSTRATE YOU MEET THESE CRITERIA

To be successful in this tender, you MUST also be able to provide evidence of your experience in delivering an international recruitment service specific to the lots you are bidding for including:

The countries you have worked in and can source staff from
The number of staff placed in a typical year broken down by field of practice (including specifying track record in the most recent year which must exceed 200).
Names and contact details for clients with whom staff were placed.
Success rates for the appointments.
Dropout rates between offer and placement.
How you ensure compliance.
Experience of the staff in your team (specifically in international recruitment)
Scenario based question to demonstrate your capability and capacity to recruit against the following specification – requirement for 200 nurses across 4 fields (120 adult nurses, 40 mental health nurses, 20 children’s nurses and 20 midwives) – 3,000 words.
Scenario based question outlining the pastoral support you will provide (1,500 words)
Communication strategy question (1,500 words)

Evaluation criteria – 60% Quality, 40% Price

LOTS 5 & 6 – AHP, PHARMACISTS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

You must have at last one registered healthcare professional within the Account Team.

YOUR BID WILL FAIL IF YOU CANNOT DEMONSTRATE YOU MEET THIS CRITERION

To be successful in this tender, you MUST also be able to provide evidence of your experience in delivering an international recruitment service specific to the lots you are bidding for including:

The countries you have worked in and can source staff from

The number of staff placed in a typical year broken down by profession.
Names and contact details for clients with whom staff were placed.
Success rates for the appointments.
Dropout rates between offer and placement.
How you ensure compliance.
Experience of the staff in your team (specifically in international recruitment)
Scenario based question to demonstrate your capability and capacity to recruit against the following specification – requirement for 20 qualified health professionals including AHP, pharmacists, clinical psychologists and social workers – 3,000 words.
Scenario based question outlining the pastoral support you will provide (1,500 words)
Communication strategy question (1,500 words)

Evaluation criteria – 50% Quality, 50% Price

BRUNTON BID WRITING SERVICES

We are offering 2 service options for this tender:

To outsource the full bid where we complete all of the questions on your behalf and upload all of the required documentation to the portal ready for your review and submission. Please note that we do not provide advice on where to pitch your pricing or offer legal advice.

Price for Tender incl. ONE Lot	Price for Tender incl. TWO Lots	Price for Tender incl MORE THAN TWO Lots
£5,750	£7,000	£7,500

All of the above pricing is subject to VAT at the prevailing rate.

The consultancy and review service which includes:

A full review of all of the documentation relating to the bid (so we know the documents inside out and will be well positioned to give advice).
Ongoing review of the “clarification” questions and answers as they are published.
Unlimited telephone and email support throughout the bid period (until the submission deadline).
Advice and guidance on answering the questions, and documents you need to upload to the portal as part of your bid.
Review of the answers to the qualitative questions (this service includes a maximum of 2 reviews). You must provide the questions and answers to us in MS Word format, and we will provide your reviews using track changes and the comments function. It is then your responsibility to follow our guidance and make the amendments to your answers. We are not responsible for rewriting your answers.
Assistance with understanding the pricing evaluation and how to complete the pricing schedule (please note that we are unable to advise you on where to pitch your pricing – this is a commercial decision for your business).
A full review of the portal (once you have uploaded your bid) to ensure it is complete and compliant and that all attachments have been uploaded correctly.

Tender Review incl ONE Lot	Costs for Review of Each Additional Lot
£2,950	£950