Official UK procurement notice
Disclosure and Barring Services Safer Recruitment Checks
Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£900,000≈ £300k / year · £1,080,000 inc. VAT44.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 22 May 2026awarded 3 Aug 2026
Awarded to Staffvetting.com Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Riding of Yorkshire Council is seeking to engage the services of an external provider in order to undertake the DBS process.
- No preliminary market engagement: No pre-market engagement was undertaken.
CPV: Personnel services except placement and supply services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Non-price: 30%
- Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Non-price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Apr 2026, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
2324-26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036264- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0687c6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 22 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 May 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
21 Apr 2026 → 28 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published185 days ago21 Apr 2026, 16:01 BST
- Clarification questions by161 days ago15 May 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline154 days ago22 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by98 days ago17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts84 days ago1 Aug 2026
- Assessment summaries sent82 days ago3 Aug 2026
- Standstill ends63 days ago21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published25 days ago28 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Apr 2026- Tender notice published21 Apr 2026, 16:01 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published12 Aug 2026, 12:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Aug 2026, 12:02 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Sept 2026, 15:18 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,300,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffvetting.com LtdSME2324-26 DBS Checking Service1 Sept 2026 – 31 Dec 2029 · up to 31 Dec 2031Extensions: This contract has the option of 2 12-month extension periods to 31 December 2031. | £1,300,000 | 3 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
2324-26 DBS Checking Service · Staffvetting.com LtdSME
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2026
- Value
- £1,300,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Dec 2029 · up to 31 Dec 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This contract has the option of 2 12-month extension periods to 31 December 2031.
No agreed KPIs: This contract is worth less than £5m.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonStaffvetting.comSME · North East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Staffvetting.comAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender