Official UK procurement notice
King's Trust DBS and Vetting Services
Authority: The King's Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe services comprise of conducting all our criminal record checks across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Internationally, along with carrying out our pre-employment reference checks and right to work checks for staff.
CPV: Financial and insurance services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Personnel and payroll services · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Authority reference
CA18414- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083438- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f134Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 31 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published49 days ago3 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Clarification questions by30 days ago22 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline23 days ago29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 101 days31 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 12:27 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender