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Contract Notice

Recruitment Services

  • First published: 21 December 2018
  • Last modified: 21 December 2018

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
The Guinness Partnership Limited
Authority ID:
AA21520
Publication date:
21 December 2018
Deadline date:
25 January 2019
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within our Corporate Services and Finance Directorates. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

The Guinness Partnership Ltd

Bower House, 1 Stable Street

Oldham

OL9 7LH

UK

Contact person: Procurement

Telephone: +44 3031231890

E-mail: procurement@guinness.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

www.housingprocurement.com


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

www.housingprocurement.com


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Recruitment Services

Reference number: DN358815

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79600000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Guinness Partnership Limited and all its subsidiaries wish to procure a preferred supplier list framework to support the in house recruitment team with all temporary vacancies, care hour vacancies and those permanent positions that cannot be filled by the in house team. Services are to be provided across a range of roles and disciplines including vacancies in our care homes and within property trades.

Guinness currently has over 3 000 employees and recruit approximately 1 000 permanent and fixed term contract positions, have 350+ temporary vacancies and approximately 65 500 care hour vacancies per annum. Approximately 95 % of permanent requirements are fulfilled by Guinness’ recruitment team.

The appointed suppliers will be expected to facilitate the recruitment process via Guinness' Applicant Tracking System.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Corporate Services and Finance

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within our Corporate Services and Finance Directorates. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 6 316 522.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

IT and Business Change

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within our IT and Business Change Directorate. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 2 911 632.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 3

II.2.1) Title

Customer Services

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within our Customer Service Directorate. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 1 817 479.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 4

II.2.1) Title

Asset Management and Development

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within our Asset Management and Development Directorates. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 1 990 813.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 5

II.2.1) Title

Property (Trades)

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for trade vacancies within Guinness Property. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 4 375 280.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 6

II.2.1) Title

Care Services

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79610000

79620000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This lot is to provide recruitment services for temporary, permanent, fixed term and retained search requirements for vacancies within Guinness Care. Further details on the type of roles can be found in the tender documentation.

Please note that the stated value of this lot is based on spend in 2017/18 and includes the salary spend for temporary positions. Guinness gives no guarantee as to the number of placements required during the life of the contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 3 479 750.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

The contract period will be initially for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to performance and value for money but no guarantee is given that such an extension will follow.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.2) Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As stated within the procurement documents.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 15

Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years:

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 25/01/2019

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 18/02/2019

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

Guinness reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process.

Suppliers are required to have a minimum annual turnover of at least 50 % of the full contract value. Where submitting for multiple Lots, the annual turnover must be the combined minimum turnover for each Lot bidding for. Further details can be found in the Procurement Documents.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The Guinness Partnership Limited

30 Brock Street, Regent's Place

London

NW1 3FG

UK

Telephone: +44 3031231890

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

20/12/2018

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79610000 Placement services of personnel Recruitment services
79600000 Recruitment services Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff Recruitment services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
procurement@guinness.org.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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