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Published 16 Nov 2023, 15:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission - Provision of Tests and Assessment Exercises for Recruitment Competitions - BR-086-2023

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£140,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Dec 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Assembly Commission is seeking to appoint a supplier who can supply recruitment tests and assessment exercises to support the recruitment and selection process for permanent staff. The Assembly Commission’s Recruitment and Selection Framework sets out a variety of selection options to meet recruitment needs with assessments tailored for specific roles to find the right person for the role, improving organisational performance and increasing diversity and inclusion. Key Activity 1: Provision of Online Tests - used in high volume competitions as a shortlisting tool. Key Activity 2: Assessment Exercises - as part of the selection process to assess different aspects of the applicants’ skills including scoring the exercise and provision of feedback on the performance of the applicant in the assessment exercise. These off-the-shelf assessments and tests must be equality assessed to ensure they do not have any adverse impact on equality grounds including community background, gender, age or disability.

CPV: Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1RenewalPublished value£140,000
Extensions: After the initial 3 year contract period, there are two options to extend for up to and including a further 12 months each. · The contract is anticipated to be renewed on expiry of the final contract period and prior to February 2029.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Cost: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    SC1 Previous Relevant Experience. SC2 Quality Management.. SC3 Information Security Management.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Nov 2023, 15:05 GMT
Last source update
16 Nov 2023, 15:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Dec 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033963
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a81 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Contractor’s performance will be monitored periodically by the Human Resources Recruitment Team's Contract Manager and measured at the end of each recruitment competition against the agreed Key Performance Indicators as detailed in the Schedule 5 Specification..

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
18 Dec 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Dec 2023, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

16 Nov 2023 → 17 Mar 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    16 Nov 2023, 15:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    18 Dec 2023, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    18 Dec 2023, 15:30 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    17 Mar 2024, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentDevolved LegislatureLegislature Parliament Buildings, Belfast, UK, BT4 3XXContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NoneReview body None

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.