Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment Services - Scottish Futures Trust
Authority: Scottish Futures Trust Limited
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSFT wishes to appoint one (1) supplier to each of 4 Lots of a Framework Agreement for the provision of recruitment services for a term of 4 years. Tenderers may bid for one, some or all of the 4 lots within the Framework Agreement.
The services are for both fixed term and permanent recruitment across SFT and are split into the following lots:
Lot 1 - Business Support, including but not limited to administration and HR;
Lot 2- Technical including but not limited to project managers, economists, quantity surveyors, engineers, renewable energy, architects and procurement;
Lot 3 – Legal including but not limited to lawyers and paralegals; and
Lot 4 - Financial roles, including but not limited to accountancy and project finance.
CPV: Recruitment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 16 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (4.0 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £60,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Business Support, including but not limited to administration and HRAwardedceiling above
SFT wishes to appoint one supplier to a Framework Agreement for the provision of recruitment services for a term of 4 years relating to Lot 1 - Business Support, including but not limited to administration and HR.
Lot #2Technical including but not limited to project managers, economists, quantity surveyors, engineers, renewable energy, architects and procurementAwardedceiling above
SFT wishes to appoint one supplier to a Framework Agreement for the provision of recruitment services for a term of 4 years relating to Lot 2- Technical including but not limited to project managers, economists, quantity surveyors, engineers, renewable energy, architects and procurement.
Lot #3Legal, including but not limited to lawyers and paralegalsAwardedceiling above
SFT wishes to appoint one supplier to a Framework Agreement for the provision of recruitment services for a term of 4 years relating Lot 3 – Legal, including but not limited to lawyers and paralegals.
Lot #4Financial roles, including but not limited to accountancy and project financeAwardedceiling above
SFT wishes to appoint one (1) supplier to a Framework Agreement for the provision of recruitment services for a term of 4 years relating to Lot 4 - Financial roles, including but not limited to accountancy and project finance.
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 sub-criteria (4)
- understanding of the services: 25%
- delivery of the services: 35%
- Added value: 10%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- understanding of the services: 25
- delivery of the services: 35
- Added value: 10
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Recruitment Services - Scottish Futures Trust” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Jun 2024, 14:34 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2024, 16:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Aug 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033203- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04718bFind a Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:780647)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 2 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
Timeline
2 Aug 2024 → 31 Oct 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened2 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
- Notice published15 Oct 2024, 16:55 BST
- Bids must remain valid until31 Oct 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Oct 2024, 16:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £60,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Financial roles, including but not limited to accountancy and project finance
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Legal, including but not limited to lawyers and paralegals
- Signed
- 19 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Business Support, including but not limited to administration and HR
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Technical including but not limited to project managers, economists, quantity surveyors, engineers, renewable energy, architects and procurement
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Business Support, including but not limited to administration and HR | 16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
| 2 · Technical including but not limited to project managers, economists, quantity surveyors, engineers, renewable energy, architects and procurement | 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 3 · Legal, including but not limited to lawyers and paralegals | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Financial roles, including but not limited to accountancy and project finance | 14bids · 14 electronic · 14 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Eden ScottFramework contractor
- FWA (Scotland) LtdFramework contractor
- Hays Specialist Recruitment LtdFramework contractor
- Venesky Brown Recruitment LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria