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title: "CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services"
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# CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/co02454-pre-employment-checks-vetting-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035081). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £900,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 August 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous business and business-related services, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £900,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035081`

## 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/co02454-pre-employment-checks-vetting-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035081#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/co02454-pre-employment-checks-vetting-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035081#participate

## Description
Essex County Council (ECC) Employment Vetting Service currently processes Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and other employments checks for internal staff, and also to External Customer Organisations across the UK. The current split of checks is approx. 30% internal to 70% external.
ECC is seeking to replace its current service provision with a service that will offer a range of checks including the current checks and any potential new checks that the bidder may offer.
Our longer-term aim is to become an eRB broker.
We would be seeking a provider to offer a system for checks with ECC remaining as the counter signatory for DBS
The ECC eDBS Service has a current e-Bulk contract with an external provider which is due to come to an end in November 2022. On average last year we completed 37,500 checks with an expectation to increase this by 36% throughout 2022 and continue to increase. The checks completed were made up of 23,100 DBS checks and 14,400 other pre-employment checks.
The new contract will be expected to ensure continuity for the eDBS Service element and its existing customers.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The system shall be candidate driven with minimal manual intervention by ECC. This shall
include technology which enhances customer experience to ensure we are at the forefront of
service provision such as facial recognition for Right to Work purpose...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services (active)
  - Award id: `027521-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **COMPLETE BACKGROUND SCREENING LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172636`
  - Value: £900,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** CO02454 Pre-Employment Checks - Vetting Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £900,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027521-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-30T13:27:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T03:07:23.563Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035081