Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Transport for London
Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NJ
Contact
Mrs Alexandra Ebert-Brading
ALEXANDRAEBERTBRADING@TFL.GOV.UK
Telephone
+44 12345
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Transport
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
TfL 94905 - Assessment Framework
Reference number
DN548558
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a competitive procurement for Framework for online Pre-Application Testing and Assessment Services for recruitment.
It is to be conducted under the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015, The Open Procedure is
used. The Framework will be valid for up to 4 years. Other members of the GLA (Greater London Authority) Group may at a later stage choose to call off from these services in the future.
The success of Transport for London (TfL) relies on the talent that it brings in. It is vital that this talent, at all levels, reflects both the future business needs of the organisation and the demographics of the population that TfL serves; equally representing a fit with the values we hold as an organisation. Testing is used to reduce volumes to a manageable pool to take forward to role specific assessment centres or interview stage
Each year TfL receives around 150,000 applications per annum for a wide range of roles across all areas and levels within our business.
These roles vary from entry level positions in customer facing roles through to specialist operational and functional positions, up to senior management level. Some of our roles are quite unique, we currently often look into a more tailored approach to our testing
The Framework will be made up of the following :
Lot 1 Testing for High Volume recruitment
Lot 2 Testing for General recruitment
Lot 3 Testing for Talent Acquisition
Lot 4 Testing for Graduate and Apprentice recruitment
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1 Testing for High Volume recruitment
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 • High Volume recruitment – This area manages recruitment campaigns for which there are more than 10 vacancies per role. These roles are generally, but not exclusively, operational/customer facing roles or operationally specialist roles (e.g. train operator). High Volume campaigns can attract between 5000-14000 candidates per campaign and TfL can run multiple campaigns at any given time, throughout the year. We are responsible for up to 2000 hires into the organisation.. As some of our roles are quite unique, we currently often look into a more tailored approach to our testing. We also currently use online assessments for our internal campaigns as they attract high volumes too.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 2 Testing for General recruitment
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 Testing for General recruitment – these are recruitment campaigns with less than 10 vacancies per role. These roles are generally, but not exclusively, within specific business functions (e.g. finance, procurement, engineering, planning etc).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 3 Testing for Talent Acquisition
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Lot 3 Talent Acquisition – this area manages recruitment campaigns for senior management levels (including board level roles) across the business. As with general recruitment these roles are generally, but not exclusively, within specific business (e.g. finance, procurement, engineering, planning etc) and can include the Greater London Authority. For some campaigns the attraction and initial shortlisting process may be undertaken by a 3rd party search agency.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 4 Testing for Graduate and Apprentice recruitment
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 4 Testing for Graduate and Apprentice recruitment - This area manages recruitment campaigns for roles within TfL aligned to specific “schemes” and initiatives within different business areas. Each year TfL receives around 12,000-15,000 applications for our Graduate and Apprenticeship schemes and we use testing as a way to reduce that number to a manageable pool of applicants to take to the assessment centres for each role. Each testing scenario is used to test candidates in a different way to obtain the best potential talent from the applications. We currently make use of online assessments to indicate candidates' fit against TfL values and video interviewing to indicate their motivational fit into the scheme that they have applied for.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
16 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
16 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Transport for London
14 Pier Walk, North Greenwich
LONDON
SE10 0ES
Country
United Kingdom