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title: "CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b6a2"
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# CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services

Buyer: NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b6a2

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## Summary

The National Audit Office (NAO), the UK's independent public spending watchdog, initiated a procurement process for Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services. The NAO was looking for organisations to provide these services, which would be divided into two lots. The contract value for both lots is £12.129m inclusive of VAT, with contracts expected to go live by December 2023 for an initial period of 2 years, extendable for two more years. The NAO intended to award contracts to up to 5 of the highest-ranked suppliers for each lot.

This tender by the NAO presents opportunities for businesses, especially in the recruitment services sector, to secure contracts for providing temporary and permanent staff for financial audit purposes. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large organisations in the recruitment sector are well-suited to compete for these contracts. The NAO mentioned the intention to issue a separate recruitment services procurement exercise in early 2024 for various business support roles, providing further opportunities for business growth.

## Notice

The National Audit Office (NAO) the UK's independent public spending watchdog sought organisations who could deliver Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services which support the NAO's permanent and temporary audit staffing needs. The service will be divided into two lots:- * Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services * Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services Interested suppliers were able to submit a bid for one or both of the lots and it was NAO intention to award contracts to up to a maximum of 5 of the highest-ranked suppliers for each lot (10 suppliers in total). The contract value for both lots is PS12.129m inclusive of VAT and the new contracts are expected to go live by December 2023 for an initial period of 2 years with the option to further extend the term of the agreement for a period of up to two years (on the basis of two periods of 12 months).

### Lot Information

Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services

The selected suppliers awarded Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services contracts will be expected to recruit temporary financial audit staff for the NAO. The estimated contract values will be a combination of both agency commission and pay for temporary staff. Additional information: The Award Criteria The National Audit Office evaluated submitted tenders using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology with organisations having to pass the following stages: * Selection Questionnaire - Pass/Fail; Tenderers needed to provide 3 case studies that demonstrated experience in delivering the service in order to pass this section. * Award Criteria - Tenderers needed to provide a responses to each sub-section and receive a quality score of 75 or more to pass this section. Then for each tenderer that passed the Selection and Award criteria stage, their overall price was divided by the Award Stage Quality score to calculate the price per quality point and only tenderers who scored the lowest price per quality point overall were awarded the contract for the respective lots.

Options: The contract will be in place for an initial period of 2 years with the option to further extend the term of the agreement for a period of up to two years (on the basis of two periods of 12 months).

Renewal: Consideration of contract renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.

Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services

The selected suppliers awarded Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services contracts will be expected to recruit permanent financial audit staff for the NAO. The estimated contract values will pay for agency's commission only. Additional information: The Award Criteria The National Audit Office evaluated submitted tenders using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology with organisations having to pass the following stages: * Selection Questionnaire - Pass/Fail; Tenderers needed to provide 3 case studies that demonstrated experience in delivering the service in order to pass this section. * Award Criteria - Tenderers needed to provide a responses to each sub-section and receive a quality score of 75 or more to pass this section. Then for each tenderer that passed the Selection and Award criteria stage, their overall price was divided by the Award Stage Quality score to calculate the price per quality point and only tenderers who scored the lowest price per quality point overall were awarded the contract for the respective lots.

Options: The contract will be in place for an initial period of 2 years with the option to further extend the term of the agreement for a period of up to two years (on the basis of two periods of 12 months).

Renewal: Consideration of contract renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001735-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | 28 Mar 2023 |
| Award date | 27 Nov 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,024,166 |
| Lots value | £10,024,166 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,777,726 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1W 9SP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Pimlico North |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | ALLEN LANE; GI RECRUITMENT; HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT; REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 18 Jan 2024 at 13:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001735-2024
- 18 Aug 2023 at 18:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024429-2023
- 18 Aug 2023 at 17:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024425-2023
- 28 Mar 2023 at 13:36 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008990-2023
- 28 Mar 2023 at 12:03 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008957-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://login.bipsolutions.com/casDelta/login?service=https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/j_spring_cas_security_check
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/XU9AE6M469
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Recruitment-services./XU9AE6M469
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/XU9AE6M469
- https://www.nao.org.uk/

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