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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iwm-2627-ops-3508-dbs-checking-services-for-imperial-war-museums-ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Imperial War Museum: "IWM/2627/Ops/3508: DBS Checking Services for Imperial War Museums". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £88,750. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Imperial War Museum](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/imperial-war-museum-gov-pb172)
- **Published Value:** £88,750 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 October 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Assessment centre services for recruitment, Personnel services except placement and supply services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iwm-2627-ops-3508-dbs-checking-services-for-imperial-war-museums-ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa`

## 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/iwm-2627-ops-3508-dbs-checking-services-for-imperial-war-museums-ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2F3D3J9AG76Q)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iwm-2627-ops-3508-dbs-checking-services-for-imperial-war-museums-ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa#participate

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79630000, 79635000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £88,750

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2027 to 31/12/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 16/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083334-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-17T15:30:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T11:17:15.132Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f0fa