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IWM/2627/Ops/3508: DBS Checking Services for Imperial War Museums

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BuyerImperial War Museums
StatusOpen
Deadline5 Oct 2026
Value£88,750
Published3 Sept 2026

What is being bought

IWM is tendering for the provision of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) screening solution, including candidate registration, data capture, identity verification, right to work checks, communication with candidates, secure hosting, retention and deletion of information, and reporting to IWM. The service provider will be required to provide a secure online system that enables IWM to initiate, manage and monitor DBS screening checks for candidates. The solution must support both basic and enhanced screening levels, allow IWM to register candidates, and provide candidates with a clear and accessible process for submitting required information and documentation. The solution must also support identity document upload, candidate-led submission of identification documents, right to work checks completed by an appropriate third-party partner, and international checks where a candidate has lived, worked or studied outside the UK. Where applicable, the solution must support checks using share codes for international passports outside the UK and Ireland. IWM is advertising a three-year contract, with the option to extend by a further one-year period. Please note that the advertised value of the contract anticipates that IWM will choose to use the extension. Access Code: 3D3J9AG76Q For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Personnel-services-except-placement-and-supply-services./3D3J9AG76Q To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3D3J9AG76Q

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Personnel services except placement and supply services 79630000Assessment centre services for recruitment 79635000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£88,750
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Contract Management & Account Support (20%)
Data Protection & Information Security (20%)
Service Capability & Coverage (15%)
User Experience & Performance Management (15%)
Cost & Pricing (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Personnel services except placement and supply services, Assessment centre services for recruitmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Personnel services except placement and supply services (79630000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 795,2103 median · 32.2 average (1,593 of 5,210 with a bid count)2.9 average (1,784 of 5,210 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer6Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,4764 median · 57.2 average (443 of 1,476 with a bid count)4.7 average (521 of 1,476 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5533 median · 5.6 average (5 of 553 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 553 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa
Latest release ID083334-2026
Latest release timestampThu Sep 03 2026 09:20:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083334-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-10-05T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-25T16:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3D3J9AG76Q
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£88,750
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Sept 2026tender083334-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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