Clarion Housing Group: Managing Temporary and Permanent Recruitment

UK-London: Recruitment services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Clarion Housing Group Limited
       Level 6, 6 More London Place, London, SE1 2DA, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2038400737, Email: Procurement@clarionhg.com
       Contact: Ejiro Arthur-Dede
       Main Address: https://www.clarionhg.com/
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Managing Temporary and Permanent Recruitment            
      Reference number: 8001-2022

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79600000 - Recruitment services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Clarion Housing Group (CHG) is looking to appoint 1 (one) supplier as the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to provide recruitment services for Temporary Agency Staff and Permanent vacancies. We will be using the Delta e-sourcing portal and to bid for the tender you will need to register with them as a supplier. The link is: https://clarion.delta-esourcing.com/ . Once you are registered on the e-sourcing portal the access code for the tender is: JT58QUBAVT

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 15,000,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            79600000 - Recruitment services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The contract will include both procuring all temporary agency staff, and managing the supply chain to source applicants for permanent vacancies through a Managed Service Provider (MSP) i.e. a flexible master vendor solution. Additional service may include graduate/apprentice recruitment.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 60
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 40
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:Initial term of 2 years and optional renewal of 2 years

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://clarion.delta-esourcing.com/respond/JT58QUBAVT


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2022/S 000-033039
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: No 1    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Managing Temporary and Permanent Recruitment

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 04/09/2023

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 4
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd, 06903140 - Reg. no.
             1st Floor, Northampton 900, 900 Pavilion Drive,, Northampton, NN4 7RG, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 15,000,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 15,000,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: Yes
                  Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties:
                  
                  
         Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
          Recruitment Supply Chain Agencies          
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based soley on the criteria set out for the procurement. We will be using the Delta e-Sourcing portal and to bid for the tender you will need to register with them as a supplier. The link is: https://clarion.delta-esourcing.com/
To view this notice, please click here:
https://clarion.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=807927762

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Royal Courts of Justice
          The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Royal Courts of Justice
          The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limit for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be "ineffective."

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 08/09/2023