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CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services

Recruitment services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: National Audit Office: "CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Audit OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for National Audit Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9.8Bids / Report
7.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 28 active published awards; 27 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Audit Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
Last source update18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRecruitment services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03b6a2
What is being bought
The National Audit Office (NAO) the UK's independent public spending watchdog sought organisations who could deliver Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services which support the NAO's permanent and temporary audit staffing needs. The service will be divided into two lots:- • Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services • Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services Interested suppliers were able to submit a bid for one or both of the lots and it was NAO intention to award contracts to up to a maximum of 5 of the highest-ranked suppliers for each lot (10 suppliers in total). The contract value for both lots is £12.129m inclusive of VAT and the new contracts are expected to go live by December 2023 for an initial period of 2 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).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  6. Official notice release published
    18 Aug 2023, 19:05 BST
  7. Submission deadline changed to 25 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
    18 Aug 2023, 19:05 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    18 Aug 2023, 19:05 BST
  9. Published value updated to £10,024,167
    18 Aug 2023, 18:02 BST
  10. Status changed to active
    18 Aug 2023, 18:02 BST
  11. Official notice release published
    18 Aug 2023, 18:02 BST
  12. Submission deadline changed to 20 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
    18 Aug 2023, 18:02 BST
  13. Status changed to published status
    28 Mar 2023, 14:36 BST
  14. Official notice release published
    28 Mar 2023, 14:36 BST
  15. Status changed to planned
    28 Mar 2023, 13:03 BST
  16. Official notice release published
    28 Mar 2023, 13:03 BST
  17. Buyer information updated
    28 Mar 2023, 13:03 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The selected suppliers awarded Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services contracts will be expected to recruit temporary financial audit staff for the NAO. The estimated contract values will be a combination of both agency commission and pay for temporary staff. Additional information: The Award Criteria The National Audit Office evaluated submitted tenders using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology with organisations having to pass the following stages: • Selection Questionnaire - Pass/Fail; Tenderers needed to provide 3 case studies that demonstrated experience in delivering the service in order to pass this section. • Award Criteria - Tenderers needed to provide a responses to each sub-section and receive a quality score of 75 or more to pass this section. Then for each tenderer that passed the Selection and Award criteria stage, their overall price was divided by the Award Stage Quality score to calculate the price per quality point and only tenderers who scored the lowest price per quality point overall were awarded the contract for the respective lots.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The selected suppliers awarded Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services contracts will be expected to recruit permanent financial audit staff for the NAO. The estimated contract values will pay for agency's commission only. Additional information: The Award Criteria The National Audit Office evaluated submitted tenders using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology with organisations having to pass the following stages: • Selection Questionnaire - Pass/Fail; Tenderers needed to provide 3 case studies that demonstrated experience in delivering the service in order to pass this section. • Award Criteria - Tenderers needed to provide a responses to each sub-section and receive a quality score of 75 or more to pass this section. Then for each tenderer that passed the Selection and Award criteria stage, their overall price was divided by the Award Stage Quality score to calculate the price per quality point and only tenderers who scored the lowest price per quality point overall were awarded the contract for the respective lots.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Jan 2024, 13:11 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  6. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  7. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  8. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  9. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £2,850,000
  10. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £2,850,000
  11. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £2,850,000
  12. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £2,850,000
  13. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £368,129
  14. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £267,807
  15. Contract active
    Signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · £291,790
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Allen Lane Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Gi Recruitment Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Gi Recruitment Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Allen Lane Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£2,850,000 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£2,850,000 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£2,850,000 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£2,850,000 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£368,129 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£267,807 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£291,790 · signed 27 Nov 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 15
bids: 15
bids: 15
bids: 15
bids: 15
bids: 15
bids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
electronicBids: 15
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
smeBids: 11
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Audit Office

Contracting authority GB-FTS-73224
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  • National Audit Office
    buyer

    157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, LONDON, UKI32, SW1W9SP
    nao.procurement@nao.org.uk

  • Allen Lane Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 5115229
    33 King Street,, London,, UK, SW1Y 6RJ

  • Gi Recruitment Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 2836088
    Unit A The Glass Yard, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, United Kingdom,, Derbyshire, UK, S41 8JY

  • Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 975677
    4th Floor, 20 Triton Street,, London,, UK, NW1 3BF

  • National Audit Office
    reviewBody

    157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W9SP

  • Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd.
    supplier

    GB-COH: 6903140
    Academy Court, 94 Chancery Lane,, London, UK, WC2A 1DT
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