Number: 4129341
Country: United Kingdom
Source: TED
Employee Screening Services Framework.
Crescent Purchasing Consortium has established a Framework Agreement for the provision of Employee Screening Services. It has been established to meet the needs of its Members, http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members, members of North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium http://www.nwupc.ac.uk and is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the public sector throughout the UK (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. The Framework is let across 2 Lots:
Lot 1 Disclosure Barring Services,
Lot 2 Employee Screening Services One-Stop-Shop.
Full details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas is available at http://www.npg-ltd.com/tenders/
Disclosure Barring Services
This framework is for the use of the public sector throughout the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland where the Framework will only be open to bodies within the Education Sector.
Through this framework Crescent Purchasing Consortium is making available to Participating Public Sector Bodies a comprehensive range of disclosure barring service checks. These include but are not be restricted to:
— Basic checks,
— Standard checks,
— Enhanced checks or equivalent,
— List 99 checks.
It is recognised that similar checking services are required by Participating Public Sector Bodies within Scotland and Northern Ireland. The services therefore include access to the undertaking of Protection of Vulnerable Groups, and Access NI checks in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.
The services are, as standard, being made available to Participating Public Sector Bodies through an intuitive on-line customer interface.
This framework will commence its" initial three year minimum term on 6.11.2017.
Employee Screening Services One-Stop-Shop
Through this framework Crescent Purchasing Consortium is making available to Participating Public Sector Bodies a comprehensive range of Employee Screening Services, through an Employee Screening Services One-Stop-Shop Lot. The core list of such checks include, but are not be limited to, the following:
— Disclosure Barring Service (to include Basic, Standard, Enhanced and List 99 checks);
— Verification Service Checks:
o Education Qualification checks,
o Professional Qualification / Membership / Licence checks,
o Employment checks,
o Reference checks,
o Gap Verification;
— Credit Checks;
— Right to work checks;
— Identity Verification;
— Passport Validation;
— DVLA / Driving Licence checks;
— Directorship checks;
— Media / Social Media checks;
— International Fraud / Sanction checks;
— BS7858 Check;
— The Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.
The framework will commence its initial three year minimum term on 6.11.2017.
Crescent Purchasing Consortium incorporated a minimum 10-day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. The standstill period expired without receipt of any formal challenge to the award.
Should an appeal regarding the award of the contract be made, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any action must be generally brought within 3 months. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where the Contracting Authority has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers,or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above was to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract was entered into.
