General personnel services for the government

The purpose of this prior information notice is to give potential tenderers advance notice that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is considering undertaking a tendering exercise to award framework agreements for the provision of psychological assessment and development type services. Reference number: Individual Psychological Assessment

Deadline date: 01/06/2012

This deadline is for… Communications

Contract value: £0 – £700,000

Location where the contract is to be carried out: United Kingdom

Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes

Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? No

Name of the buying organisation: HMRC CD

Description of the contract

General personnel services for the government. Placement services of personnel. The purpose of this prior information notice is to give potential tenderers advance notice that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is considering undertaking a tendering exercise to award framework agreements for the provision of psychological assessment and development type services. It is intended that the framework agreements will have the capacity to accommodate assessment services in the region of £700k per annum. A requirements gathering exercise has been conducted to identify the types of services that may be required. A further part of the requirements gathering exercise will be a supplier day due to take place late April/early May 2012, for further details on location, date, time and agenda email Lesley.Bond1@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, responses will be provided after 16th April 2012 The requirements will be split into lots including talent assessment for middle managers, assessment for selection into senior civil service roles with follow-up development support (including a separate lot for assessment at the Permanent Secretary level) and Director General assessment for development. This framework agreement addresses a pan-Civil Service requirement, thus any framework agreements awarded will be enabled for potential use by all Civil Service departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Documents

PIN (Prior Information Notice.doc, 46kb)

Classification of the contract

79610000 Placement services of personnel

75131100 General personnel services for the government

Additional information

Who to contact

Contact name Lesley Bond

Address Commercial Directorate, 5W Ralli Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, M60 9LA

Telephone 0161 827 0222

Extension number:

Fax 0161 827 0270

Email Lesley.Bond1@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk

Web address www.hmrc.gov.uk

How to apply

This Prior Information Notice represents the information gathering stage prior to this competition. Full details regarding legal, economic, financial and technical information to be provided at the tender stage will be detailed in the Competitive Contract Notice and in the tender documentation, but potential tenderers should be aware that they may be required to forward the following information: (a) a copy of the most recent audited accounts covering the applicant’s last 3 years of trading (or for the period that is available if trading for less than 3 years) or (b) for the most recent full year of trading, where this information is not available in audited form, a copy of the draft or unaudited financial accounts or equivalent information showing the applicant’s turnover, profit and loss and cash flow position and an end period balance sheet or, where this cannot be provided, a statement signed by the finance director or similar responsible person detailing any major changes in the current financial position since the date of the latest audited accounts provided.