Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Temporary and Permanent Personnel Services (Master Vendor)
Notice Description
In September 2024, FSCS published a Prior Information Notice in relation to procurement of master vendor contracts under two Lots, (i) Claims handler and (ii) Non-claims handler. The two Lots covering both permanent and contractor roles across the Scheme. Following a Supplier Briefing event, FSCS decided to procure all its requirements for temporary and permanent personnel under a single Master Vendor contract. FSCS already has a specialist recruitment framework for executive and non-executive roles. The new master vendor contract will be in addition to this arrangement and will therefore not include executive and non-executive roles. The services will include supporting a FSCS's People Team to attract, recruit and retain candidates with the right blend of skills, qualifications, experience, knowledge, and attitude into the right roles and in the right place to deliver on the Scheme's strategy. The services must include the smooth transition from our existing master vendor arrangement.
Lot Information
Claims Handling (Permanent and Contractors)
In September 2024, FSCS published a Prior Information Notice in relation to procurement of master vendor contracts under two Lots, (i) Claims handler and (ii) Non-claims handler. The two Lots covering both permanent and contractor roles across the Scheme. Following a Supplier Briefing event, FSCS decided to procure all its requirements for temporary and permanent personnel under a single master vendor contract. FSCS already has a specialist recruitment framework for executive and non-executive roles. The new master vendor contract will be in addition to this arrangement and will therefore not include executive and non-executive roles. The services will include supporting a FSCS's People Team to attract, recruit and retain candidates with the right blend of skills, qualifications, experience, knowledge, and attitude into the right roles and in the right place to deliver on the Scheme's strategy. The services must include the smooth transition from our existing master vendor arrangement. We currently have a Master Vendor in place to support all our recruitment needs, temporary agency worker, contractor, fixed term and permanent, except for Executive and NED recruitment. Our current Master Vendor contract is coming to the end of its life and therefore we are seeking a new Master Vendor initially for a two-year contract with the option to extend for up to a further two years in two twelve-month extensions. We aim to build and maintain the trust of everyone we work with through rigorously independent decisions, efficient operations, resilience in tackling financial failures and always putting our customers first. Our claim handlers are our customer facing roles and as such we rely on their professionalism, skills, and expertise to handle the process with the customers and to arrive at the right outcome in every case. We recognise that to achieve the levels of service and trust we strive for we must recruit the right contractors and permanent staff. The Service Provider will handle all our recruitment requirements within the scope defined in this Statement of Requirements for temporary agency workers, contractors, fixed term, and permanent staff, i.e., all roles except for Executive and NED roles. They will be required to source talent with the essential technical skills and expertise required as well as the attitudinal attributes and qualities that are consistent with those of FSCS.
Renewal: The contract will have an option to extend for up to a further two years in two twelve-month extensions (maximum term of 48 months).
Supply of Temporary and Permanent Non-Claims Handling PersonnelSupply of temporary and permanent non-claims handling personnel
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04a2f8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049006-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £56,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £56,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 14 Nov 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 15 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 4 years
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled, Planned
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME
- Contact Name
- Jean Mutudza
- Contact Email
- jean.mutudza@fscs.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2073758175
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC3A 7QU
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI London, TLI4 Inner London - East
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Portsoken
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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