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title: "Assessment and Selection Services for Senior Civil Service Roles"
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# Assessment and Selection Services for Senior Civil Service Roles

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-selection-services-for-senior-civil-service-roles-ocds-h6vhtk-043999). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "Assessment and Selection Services for Senior Civil Service Roles". Published status: complete. Published Value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 May 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 May 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-selection-services-for-senior-civil-service-roles-ocds-h6vhtk-043999#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043999`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-selection-services-for-senior-civil-service-roles-ocds-h6vhtk-043999#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-selection-services-for-senior-civil-service-roles-ocds-h6vhtk-043999#participate

## Description
The Scottish Government requires to appoint a supplier of Psychometric assessment services to be used in relation to external and internal recruitment at all levels of the Senior Civil Service (SCS), ie primarily Deputy Director, Director and Director General Level. The successful tenderer will provide the service to the Senior Resourcing & Staffing Team in the Scottish Government.
This is a demand led contract and will be utilised when required up to the maximum contract value.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Scottish Government requires to appoint a supplier of  Psychometric assessment services to be used in relation to external and internal recruitment at all levels of the Senior Civil Service (SCS), ie primarily Deputy Director, Director and Direct...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 028223-2024-CASE/690456-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Keil Centre Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-40666`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 028223-2024-CASE/690456-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 03/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028223-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-04T09:18:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:12:43.933Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043999