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Price Review Analysts, PR19

WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

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11 Apr 2018 at 09:35

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY is procuring services for the recruitment of approximately 25 Price Review Analysts through an open tender process. This procurement is classified under the industry category of recruitment services (CPV code 79600000) and is aimed at filling specialist roles in areas such as finance, engineering, and regulatory analysis. The tender period ended on 11 October 2017, and the contract is scheduled to commence on 26 October 2017 and run until 31 March 2018. The successful suppliers will need to supply candidates for offices located in both London and Birmingham.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the recruitment and staffing sector, particularly those that specialise in sourcing candidates with technical expertise across finance, engineering, and analytics. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be well-positioned to compete for this contract, especially those with proven experience in filling specialist roles within time constraints. Suppliers capable of innovative recruitment strategies and a diverse candidate pool will be particularly attractive to the contracting authority.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Price Review Analysts, PR19

Notice Description

The objective of this contract is to undertake effective advertising, search, selection and candidate management processes to recruit circa 25 Price Review Analysts on 2 year fixed term contracts (FTC), to start ideally from 1 January 2018 and no later than 1 April 2018. These roles will be at Senior Associate (band 3 GBP 32,363 - GBP 48,406) and Principal (band 4 GBP 48,407 - GBP 74,042) level. The intention is that these new recruits will work primarily on our Price Review and will be recruited into our Analytics and Strategy & Policy Resource Pools. The information for applicants pack and person specifications by profession are attached at Appendix A and B respectively within the ITT. If the campaign is successful, we may review our budget position and recruit further roles above the circa. 25 outlined in this tender. These roles are: - Finance and accounting - Engineering and infrastructure - Economics - Information and quality assurance - Strategy and policy - Regulatory analysts Ideally we are looking for an even mix of skillsets and we would expect 60% of appointments to be at Senior Associate level and 40% at Principal level. As these are specialist roles that can be difficult to fill and candidates are required to start from 1 January 2018 to 1 April 2018, we are taking a number of different approaches to filling these vacancies. This is to ensure that we get right calibre of candidates within the timescales we require. We will go live with our own recruitment campaign in September 2017 led by a dedicated internal resourcer, we will advertise on our website, Civil Service jobs and LinkedIn as well as placing a number of online adverts. We will also tap into the UK Regulators Network advertising loans and secondments as an alternative attraction method. The final component of our campaign is to secure the services of a third party agency or agencies to source high calibre candidates. As we are looking for a range of specialist skills for both our London and Birmingham offices, we intend to award this service to at least 1 and up to 3 Suppliers. It is essential that the Supplier or mix of Suppliers can deliver candidates at both locations. Scope of work We are looking for a Supplier/s who will invest time to quickly get up to speed with what Ofwat does and our Price Review and the type of skills we are looking for. The Supplier would need to be creative in how they approach the end to end campaign, undertaking effective advertising, search and selection processes using a range of methods and present a high quality and diverse field of suitable candidates. In the past we have experienced some difficulties securing suitable candidates for these type of vacancies as the skills are very specialist and can be hard to find and in short supply. We are interested in proposals for how these issues would be overcome. Additional information: Please note that as this contract is dependent on the appointment of successful candidates therefore exact spend is unknown.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-0b385189-a307-4c57-a61f-49e94323848e
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48caa4fc-c008-4835-9e2c-52f9e8f096b6
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79600000 - Recruitment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Apr 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
11 Oct 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
23 Oct 20178 years ago
Contract Period
25 Oct 2017 - 31 Mar 2018 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B5 4UA
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

RIVER PARTNERSHIP

Further Information

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