Official UK procurement notice
Candidate Assessment, Screening and Interviewing
Authority: National Audit Office (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCompetitive tender to put in place a contract with suppliers to support us with assessing and hiring a diverse pool of graduates and apprentices. This contract is divided into two Lots: Lot 1 - Candidate Screening and Interviewing Lot 2 - Hosting Virtual Assessment Centre
CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment · Recruitment services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Candidate Screening and InterviewingAwarded
- Mark first stage application competency questions including ratings by competency, brief comments against competency, and overall pass/fail outcome.
- Conduct first stage telephone interviews in line with the NAO’s script and sifting guidelines to provide a shortlist of candidates including ratings by competency, brief comments, and overall pass/fail outcome. Telephone interviews include a blend of competency and scenario questions plus communication which is indirectly assessed aligned to NAO competencies. The NAO also require the supplier to conduct video interviews for candidates that require this under reasonable adjustments.
- Manage the telephone interview booking process for candidates including rescheduling where required.
- Exporting data in order to provide the NAO with reports on where candidates are failing at certain stages and on specific competencies.
Lot #2Hosting Virtual Assessment CentresAwarded
- Set up, implement, and host an NAO branded virtual assessment centre based on assessment material provided by the NAO.
- Ensure accommodation of candidates who require reasonable adjustments including compliance with WCAG 2.1 level AA accessibility standards.
- Provide dedicated Account Management and ongoing technical support to both candidates and assessors.
- Centralised Administrator access for HR to enable them to schedule and manage assessment centres efficiently.
- User-friendly interface where candidates and assessors can access all exercises and instructions within their dedicated login.
- Instant analytics so when assessors score exercises, candidate feedback is automatically generated directly to the platform which the HR facilitator can monitor and review in real-time.
- Admin dashboard that provides assessment centre overview and HR can view several different matrices such as assessor averages.
- Provide full user guides to both Candidates and Assessors.
- Enable data extraction to save assessment data on NAO’s system.
- Provide the facility for note taking within the solution.
- Incorporate periodic changes to assessment materials. Please note changes are not anticipated to be required on a regular basis but likely to occur once in the lifetime of the contract.
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: 60%
- Criterion 1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: 60
- Criterion 1: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2023, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2023, 12:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007210- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b239Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=767224069" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=767224069</a> GO Reference: GO-2023313-PRO-22308865
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Candidate Screening and Interviewing1 award | |||
| Graduate Recruitment BureauSMECandidate Screening and Assessment | £161,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Hosting Virtual Assessment Centres1 award | |||
| TopScore Technologies Limited | £105,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Candidate Screening and Assessment · Graduate Recruitment BureauSME
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2022
- Value
- £161,000
- Status
- active
Hosting Virtual Assessment Centres · TopScore Technologies Limited
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2022
- Value
- £105,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Candidate Screening and Interviewing | 9bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Hosting Virtual Assessment Centres | 9bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Graduate Recruitment BureauAwarded supplier
- TopScore Technologies LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.