Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The British Council
1 Redman Place, Stratford, London
United Kingdom
E20 1JQ
Contact
Ahmed Akram
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.britishcouncil.org/
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Registered Charity
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Registered Charity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Pre-employment Background Screening
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The British Council will be seeking to appoint a suitable provider via a future tender to deliver Background Screening service who can support its PAS policy, This service will verify the background of approximately 2,000 new hires annually across 100+ countries and an annual rescreening programme of approximately 10,500 employees. The system should be capable of supporting web-based candidate data entry and integrate with our Candidate Management system (SAP Success Factors) for Orders and reporting. We are also interested in solutions that would enable us to screen consultants and contract workers to the same standards.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 79720000 - Investigation services
- 79710000 - Security services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The British Council is looking for a global solution to support background screening of all new hire employees and ongoing annual rescreening cycle of approximately 10,500 employees The British council utilises SAP Success Factors so an ability to order screening via an integration to the recruitment module is a critical requirement. The British Council currently delivers global background screening via a combination of in-house resource and outsourced contract. Our intention is to continue to outsource all background screening for British Council employees to one global screening supplier.The British council is currently undergoing transformation and business realignment and anticipates needing to bring the screening of consultants and contractors into scope of the same model at a later dateKey Areas: Risk ProfileWe have identified four broad risk profiles for our new hire employees and require the supplier to be able to tailor their operation to deliver these different screening packages. Similarly, internal transfers between roles require 2 different screening packages and finally our existing employees have 3 different re-screening profiles.Operational reachWe are head quartered in the UK, but our in-house screening team are based in, India. We have operational bases in 100+ countries and require supplier capability to perform background screening checks in all our operational locations where legally permissible to do so.Technology and processThe solution should allow recruiters from 100+ country bases to order screening via their instance of Success Factors. We would expect the process to broadly run thus. Supplier acknowledges screening order and commences work; progress report feed is visible to recruiter via data feed to Success Factors recruitment requisition. Supplier updates Background screening team with progress on attempts to verify, seeking to minimise unable to verify and decisional elements. When screening is closed a report and snips or.pdf evidence is sent to British Council for audit and compliance purpose.Our orders for recurrent screening should ideally also integrate with SAP Success Factors, but will be ordered by our team in Noida, reports and evidence snips where necessary should be returned to British Council for upload into SAP Success FactorsAccount Management & Customer ServiceBritish Council requires one global account manager/lead to manage its screening requirements along with regional point of contacts for each region. However, attention should be paid to the global reach of our organisation and consideration given to an approach that supports a global corporate "head office" in London, UK and a service delivery manager and team based in Mumbai and Noida, India.Further details can be found in the PIN notice attached.
two.2.14) Additional information
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two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 July 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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