Notice Information
Notice Title
Market Engagement for Fully Managed International Recruitment Service
Notice Description
Suffolk County Council wish to explore market options for a fully managed international recruitment service. The focus of that recruitment would encompass registered social work and therapy roles - specifically qualified Social Workers and Occupational Therapists as a minimum with the possibility of adding Physiotherapist. The service would also need to be able to recruit unregistered roles, principally trained and experienced carers, capable of working with the Council's in-house reablement service, Home First.To participate in this market engagement exercise please complete the MS Form at https://forms.office.com/e/LBYZAhYm7U by 17th April 2023. Any resulting procurement decision is expected within 3-6 months.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Suffolk County Council wish to explore market options for a fully managed international recruitment service. The focus of that recruitment would encompass registered social work and therapy roles - specifically qualified Social Workers and Occupational Therapists as a minimum with the possibility of adding Physiotherapist. The service would also need to be able to recruit unregistered roles, principally trained and experienced carers, capable of working with the Council's in-house reablement service, Home First.The service provided would need to cover all aspects of international recruitment, including: * Sourcing appropriate candidates for the roles described, from suitable countries. This would include evaluation of suitable candidates, although final selection would sit with the Council. * Managing and financing all processes and procedures in relation to appropriate Visas.* All aspects of sponsorship, settlement, including support for accommodation, and pastoral care for a defined period (an appropriate period of pastoral support to be defined by the potential provider of the service).Providers of this service will need to ensure that an ethnical approach is at the heart of any proposal, only working with Countries that are approved by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as suitable to source recruitment from. We would also expect providers to have significant experience in this field of work with all necessary approvals and validations from appropriate government bodies. Specifically, compliance with the DHSC Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03b82c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009652-2023
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- 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
- 3 Apr 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Jun 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- paul.little@suffolk.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- IPSWICH
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Post Town
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH62 Ipswich
- Delivery Location
- TLH14 Suffolk CC
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- Local Authority
- Ipswich
- Electoral Ward
- Gipping
- Westminster Constituency
- Ipswich
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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