Official UK procurement notice
Master Vendor Recruitment (Contingent Workers)
Authority: Financial Services Compensation Scheme (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFSCS currently have a Master Vendor in place to support all our permanent, fixed-term and contingent worker recruitment except for Executive and Non-Executive Director (NED) recruitment which is managed separately.
This recruitment model has worked well for FSCS for over 10 years however, in light of changing business priorities and resourcing requirements we have identified the need to change our recruitment model. As a result, we will now transition to a hybrid recruitment model that will see us bringing the management of permanent and fixed term hiring in-house and contracting with a Master Vendor for our contingent workforce hiring and management only.
Contingent workers will include:
- Independent contractors
- Freelancers
- Consultants
- Temporary agency workers
- Workers engaged via umbrella companies
FSCS is now looking to appoint Master Vendor (Contingent Workers) to provide a full 360-degree service of contingent worker hiring and management to include: sourcing and attraction, screening & selection, offer and contract management, compliance (vetting, AWR, IR35, employment and equality legislation), onboarding, payroll, performance monitoring and management, offboarding and re-engagement, analytics, and reporting.
The contract will be for an initial term of two (2) years with the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years in two twelve-month extensions at FSCS's sole discretion.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2029, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. The technical specification which are expected to be met for this procurement can be found in the Service Requirements document which is available via the Portal. FSCS intends to shortlist up to 3 suppliers with the highest scoring Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) responses to participate in the tender stages of the competitive flexible procedure. The 3 shortlisted suppliers will be invited to submit initial tenders. FSCS reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the evaluation of the initial tenders. If FSCS decides not to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders, FSCS intends to invite the Suppliers with the 2 highest scoring initial tenders to participate in the negotiations with FSCS. At the end of the negotiation stage, Suppliers will be invited to submit final tenders. FSCS will use an online portal at www.delta-esourcing.com ("the Portal") to make associated tender documents available to suppliers. Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through the Portal by the deadline set out in this tender notice. The following associated tender documents are being provided with the publication of this tender notice to provide further information about the procurement and are available on the Portal: • Tender Notice • PSQ • ISIT • Draft Contract • Service Requirements Award Criteria No. Criteria Criteria Weighting Available Scores Quality 70% 1 Contingent Workforce Management 40% 0-4 2 Service Transition and Implementation 15% 0-4 3 Account Management 20% 0-4 4 Process, workflows, systems 10% 0-4 5 Data 15% 0-4 Price 30% 6 Financial 30% N/A Legal (Pass/Fail) 7 Legal N/A Pass/Fail
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£25,100,000
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation: Legal and financial conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation: Technical ability conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality -70% Contingent Workforce Management - 40% Service Transition and Implementation - 15% Account Management - 20% Processes, workflows, and systems - 10% Data - 15% Legal (Contract Terms) - Pass/Fail
- Price: Cost
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation: Legal and financial conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation: Technical ability conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2029
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 09:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2026, 09:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
FSCS569- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009780- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064670Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Invoices must be submitted to [email protected] and must quote a valid Purchase Order Number.
- How it runs
This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023.
The technical specification which are expected to be met for this procurement can be found in the Service Requirements document which is available via the Portal.
FSCS intends to shortlist up to 3 suppliers with the highest scoring Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) responses to participate in the tender stages of the competitive flexible procedure. The 3 shortlisted suppliers will be invited to submit initial tenders.
FSCS reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the evaluation of the initial tenders.
If FSCS decides not to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders, FSCS intends to invite the Suppliers with the 2 highest scoring initial tenders to participate in the negotiations with FSCS.
At the end of the negotiation stage, Suppliers will be invited to submit final tenders.
FSCS will use an online portal at www.delta-esourcing.com ↗ ("the Portal") to make associated tender documents available to suppliers.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through the Portal by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
The following associated tender documents are being provided with the publication of this tender notice to provide further information about the procurement and are available on the Portal:
- Tender Notice
- PSQ
- ISIT
- Draft Contract
- Service Requirements
Award Criteria
No. Criteria Criteria Weighting Available Scores
Quality 70%
1 Contingent Workforce Management
40% 0-4
2 Service Transition and Implementation 15%
0-4
3 Account Management
20% 0-4
4 Process, workflows, systems
10% 0-4
5 Data
15% 0-4
Price 30%
6 Financial 30% N/A
Legal (Pass/Fail)
7 Legal
N/A
Pass/Fail
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published259 days ago4 Feb 2026, 09:44 GMT
- Clarification questions by245 days ago18 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline233 days ago2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by43 days ago8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 9 days30 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published4 Feb 2026, 09:44 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender