Official UK procurement notice
Tender for Provision of Employee Screening Services
Authority: LIFT SCHOOLS (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking a reliable, efficient, and experienced provider to deliver comprehensive employment checks for new starters across our schools and central team. The successful provider will support our commitment to safer recruitment, statutory compliance, and candidate experience.
The provider must deliver pre-employment checks in line with statutory guidance, regulatory frameworks, and best practice. This includes:
Identity verification
Right to work in the UK
Enhanced DBS checks (with or without barred list, depending on role)
Overseas criminal checks (where applicable)
Prohibition from teaching and section 128 checks
Qualification verification (e.g. QTS, degree certificates)
Employment history checks and gap analysis
Reference checks (minimum two references, including most recent employer covering 2 years)
Medical fitness declaration
Disqualification by association (where applicable)
Teacher sanctions or restrictions (including EEA checks if relevant)
Credit checks (for roles with financial responsibility)
Social media screening
Digital ID verification
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Oct 2028, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Investigation and security services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Personnel and payroll services · Personnel services except placement and supply services · Placement services of personnel · Supporting services for the government
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£240,000
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).
- Simple description: 1) Contract Management 10% Please set out your proposed management and supervisory structure for this Contract, including but not limited to contract management supervision and senior management involvement in the contract including CVs 2)Compliance Controls 10% Tenderers are to provide a comprehensive response detailing their compliance controls and how they will ensure new staff are compliant with both the statutory guidance in "Keeping Children Safe in Education" (KCSIE) and all relevant employment law. 3)Methodology - 10% Tenderers are to set out their proposed methodology for the mobilsation and implementation of the contract together with a summary of required activities. 4)Technology and Reporting Capability 10% Please set out details of your technology and reporting capability including but not limited to, training programme and measures to ensure familiarity of all the sites 5)Quality Management 10% Please set out your proposals for ensuring high levels of quality service are delivered to Lift Schools. This should include how you will be undertaking inspection of checks completed 6)Customer Service 10% Tenderers are to set out the range of support that they will offer to the candidates to ensure that the candidate experience is clear and respectful . The answer should include any form of customer rating experience that is utilised by the supplier together with details of any customer service KPI’s or SLA’s
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 Oct 2028
- First published
- 4 Sept 2025, 09:55 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 16:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
T292- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053775- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0593c3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Sept 2025 → 25 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published4 Sept 2025, 09:55 BST
- Clarification questions by379 days ago3 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline376 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by364 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts341 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent313 days ago8 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends301 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published206 days ago25 Mar 2026, 16:02 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Sept 2025- Tender notice published4 Sept 2025, 09:55 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Dec 2025, 12:06 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Dec 2025, 12:06 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Mar 2026, 16:02 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZINC WORK LIMITEDEmployee Screening Services22 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2028 | £240,000 | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Employee Screening Services · ZINC WORK LIMITED
- Signed
- 20 Jan 2026
- Value
- £240,000
- Period
- 30 Jan 2026 – 1 Feb 2028 · up to 1 Feb 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 months
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Zinc Work LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Intend Tendering Portal. Suppliers are to register interest and can then download all documents
Notices 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