Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 7 Feb 2023, 11:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-market Engagement- [Graduates, Apprentices & Signallers, Candidate Management]

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 7 Feb 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This soft market testing document and questionnaire has been developed by Network Rail (NR) in advance of procuring a solution for the provision of Candidate Management Services.

NR wishes to incentivise the market to engage with the opportunity and contribute innovation, experience and delivery capability to the delivery of these courses.

In line with NR’s procurement principles, NR is committed to becoming an ‘informed’ client with excellent visibility and understanding of the market and the supply chains and customers operating within them.

At this stage, pre-procurement, NR are committed to engaging with the industry to inform and refine the overall sourcing strategy.

The purpose of this soft market testing is to:

  • Understand the markets capacity and capability to deliver Candidate Management Services
  • Provide potential suppliers the opportunity to give feedback to help inform the refinement of NR’s approach,
  • Obtain information from the market to understand the market perspective,

The responses to this Questionnaire will be synthesised to identify key market themes, to be shared internally with key stakeholders, to both further inform the sourcing strategy and subsequent procurement process should it be commenced. This soft market testing is not itself a Call for Competition under any EU procurement process (whether pursuant to the Public Contracts regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, or otherwise). NR does not commit itself to commencing any such sourcing process.

CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment · Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Network Rail Resourcing Team within HR Organisational Capability is looking to…Planned

The Network Rail Resourcing Team within HR Organisational Capability is looking to procure a supplier to provide a Candidate Management Service to support the recruitment of Graduates, Apprentices and Signallers within Network Rail.

The requirement is to support the recruitment campaigns for Apprentices, Graduates and Signallers. There are several recruitment campaigns throughout the financial year for each of the recruitment category areas. Campaigns vary in volume and frequency depending on the candidate category.

Candidate management support is required to provide the campaign management programme with support to ensure candidates enjoy a positive and supportive experience through the recruitment programme.

The objectives of the service are to provide a well delivered candidate journey, ease of access to all testing stages and thorough interview processes with detailed briefing along the journey.

Each of the campaigns are large scale multi-site national campaigns requiring careful management and co-ordination to ensure the programme timelines are adhered to and the reputation of the company remains intact.

It is fundamental that these campaigns are delivered on time and to a high standard. Suppliers must identify a clear process for each candidate category with an end to end management process. Additional information: NR is not liable for any costs, fees, or expenses incurred by any party in replying to or attending any PIN event. Any procurement of any services, supplies or works by NR will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Regulations.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
7 Feb 2023, 11:31 GMT
Last source update
7 Feb 2023, 11:31 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003688
Classification (CPV)
Assessment centre services for recruitmentRecruitment services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a36c Find a Tender

Publisher note: To access the RFI submission document please go to our Bravo Site and select view current opportunities.https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html 

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Feb 2023 → 7 Feb 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Tender notice expected
    7 Feb 2023
  2. Notice published
    7 Feb 2023, 11:31 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawRail Industry 1 Eversholt Street, London, UK, NW1 2DNContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.