Corporate Services Temp & Perm Recruitment DPS – National Audit Office

Title:  CPT_23_02 Corporate Services Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Roles DPS

Short description:  The National Audit Office (NAO) the UK's independent public spending watchdog is seeking to establish a multi–Supplier Recruitment services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Agreement for the supply of Corporate staff based on 16 different subcategories.

The purpose of the DPS Agreement is to provide the NAO with the opportunity to work with experienced organisations who can source candidates for corporate service roles and interested suppliers will be able to submit a bid for maximum of 4 subcategories in total

The contract value for both Corporate Services Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Roles Services is £4.2m inclusive of VAT and the new contracts are expected to go live by May 2024 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to further extend the term of the agreement for a period of up to two years (on the basis of two periods of 12 months).

Estimated total value excluding VAT: £3,500,000

Contract duration in months:  60

Type of procedure:  open procedure

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:  12pm, 25th March 2024

This contract is divided into lots and tenders may be submitted for all lots:

Lot 1 – Corporate Services Temporary Recruitment Roles

The selected suppliers awarded a place on the DPS will be expected to recruit temporary corporate services staff for the NAO as follows:

• Sub – Category 1 Digital
• Sub – Category 2 Communications and Marketing
• Sub – Category 3 Design and Publishing
• Sub – Category 4 Human Resources and Learning and Development
• Sub – Category 5 Finance/ Payroll/Procurement and Facilities
• Sub – Category 6 Executive and Administrative Support
• Sub – Category 7 Senior/Strategy and Specialist roles including Non – Executives Director (NED)
• Sub – Category 8 Internal and External Audit

The estimated value for this lot will be £3.08 million excluding VAT which is a combination of both agency commission and pay for temporary staff.

Lot 2- Corporate Services Permanent Recruitment Roles

The selected suppliers awarded contracts will be expected to recruit permanent corporate service staff for the NAO as follows:

• Sub – Category 9 Digital
• Sub – Category 10 Communications and Marketing
• Sub – Category 11 Design and Publishing
• Sub – Category 12 Human Resources and Learning and Development
• Sub – Category 13 Finance/ Payroll/Procurement and Facilities
• Sub – Category 14 Executive and Administrative Support
• Sub – Category 15 Senior/Strategy and Specialist roles including Non – Executives Director (NED)
• Sub – Category 16 Internal and External Audit

The estimated value for this lot will be £468k excluding VAT which is a combination of both agency commission only.

Name and addresses

National Audit Office, 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W9SP

Contact

Central Procurement team

Email:  nao.procurement@nao.org.uk

Telephone:  +44 2077985343

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Recruitment-services./P8G4ZE5F9S

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via:  https://login.bipsolutions.com/casDelta/login?service=https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/j_spring_cas_security_check

Market Engagement

The NAO would like to invite interested providers to attend a Virtual Q&A session taking place on Wednesday 6th March 2024 from 11:00 until 12:15.

The purpose of this Q&A session is to offer attendees the opportunity to raise clarifications on the Corporate Services Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Roles Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) procurement process.

If organisations are interested in attending the Virtual Q&A session, then send expressions of interest via email to nao.procurement@nao.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 4th March 2024.

Interested providers will need to ensure that your email sent to nao.procurement@nao.org.uk includes your name, position, organisation and contact details alongside the names and positions of other colleagues wishing to attend. Further details will be made available nearer the time of the event.