--- title: "Price Review Analysts, PR19" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY (OFWAT)" published: "2017-09-27" --- # Price Review Analysts, PR19 Buyer: WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY (OFWAT) Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-74a697b8-0c15-487f-a21c-69d6bbd4f37f.json) ## Summary The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is currently engaging in a procurement process to recruit approximately 25 Price Review Analysts under the title "Price Review Analysts, PR19." This tender falls within the recruitment services industry and is based in both London and the West Midlands. It is at the active Tender stage, with a submission deadline set for 11 October 2017. The expected contract period will commence on 26 October 2017 and run until 28 September 2018. The procurement method is open, allowing a broad array of suppliers to submit proposals. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in recruitment services, particularly those with expertise in sourcing candidates for financial, engineering, economics, and policy-related roles. Companies that can offer a creative and effective recruitment strategy are encouraged to participate, as the project requires candidates who can meet specific skillset demands across multiple locations. This is ideal for SMEs with relevant experience, particularly those skilled in managing high-calibre and diverse candidate pools for specialist positions. ## Notice 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. 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ab66780-5890-4575-870e-85e2592d5bfc | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Sep 2017 | | Submission deadline | 11 Oct 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Oct 2017 - 28 Sep 2018 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £137,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY (OFWAT) | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B5 4UA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79600000 - Recruitment services ## Release History - 27 Sep 2017 at 16:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ab66780-5890-4575-870e-85e2592d5bfc ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ab66780-5890-4575-870e-85e2592d5bfc 27th September 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.mytenders.org/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP147341 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at the link provided. ## Notice URLs - http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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