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title: "Online DBS Checking Service"
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# Online DBS Checking Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-dbs-checking-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02bb14). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Liverpool City Council: "Online DBS Checking Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Liverpool City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-council-ons-e08000012)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKD72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bb14`

## 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/online-dbs-checking-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02bb14#tl-md)

## Description
The provision of an Online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checking Service for use by Liverpool City Council and Partner Organisations.
The Service must be fully hosted, must be accredited by the DBS and must provide for the following:
- A basic DBS check, which shows unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
- A standard DBS check, which shows spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings.
- An enhanced DBS check, which shows the same as a standard check plus any information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role.
- An enhanced DBS check with barred lists (child), which shows the same as an enhanced check plus whether the applicant is on the list of people barred from doing the role.
- An enhanced DBS check with barred lists (adult), which shows the same as an enhanced check plus whether the applicant is on the list of people barred from doing the role.
- An enhanced DBS check with barred lists (both), which shows the same as an enhanced check plus whether the applicant is on the list of people barred from doing the role.
- A DBS adult first check.
- The functionality for relevant documents to be checked and verified by a partner organisation such as, but not necessarily, the Post Office.
- Route 2 external validation identity checks for DBS applicants not able to produce Route 1 documentation.
Contract Term: 3 Years with 2 Options to Extend by 1 Year.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The provision of an Online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checking Service for use by Liverpool City Council and Partner Organisations.
The Service must be fully hosted, must be accredited by the DBS and must provide for the following:
- A basi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Online DBS Checking Service (active)
  - Award id: `013217-2021-DN500418-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Staffvetting.com Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-19286`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Online DBS Checking Service (active)

  - Signed Date: 01/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013217-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-11T13:23:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:26:39.401Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bb14