ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services

A Contract Award Notice
by AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
2 year (est.)
Value
£2M-£22M
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
29 Aug 2025
Delivery
To 29 Aug 2027 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

BELFAST

Geochart for 2 buyers and 23 suppliers

2 buyers

8 suppliers

Description

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has a requirement for a multi-supplier framework for the provision of skilled workers across a variety of specialisms using temporary agency workers, fixed term and permanent placement and executive search. There is also a requirement to appoint and advertising agency to advertise AFBI’s recruitment competitions. This framework will provide the following services:- 1. Provision of temporary workers 2. Recruitment for fixed term workers 3. Recruitment of permanent workers 4. Provision of an executive search service 5. Provision of a recruitment advertising service

Lot Division

1 Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
2 Scientific
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Contract Management and Management Information 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
3 Information Technology
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
4 Business Support
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
5 People and Culture and Legal services
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
6 Financial Administrators and Qualified Accountants
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
7 Industrial staff
Award Criteria
AC1 Temporary Workers - Managing the Requisition Service 17.5
AC2 Attracting Candidates for temporary, fixed term and permanent positions 14.0
AC3 Managing the fixed term and permanent recruitment service 14.0
AC4 Managing Temporary Workers in Post 7.0
AC5 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC6 Social Value 10.5
AC7 Temporary Worker Costs 24.0
AC8 Fixed Term and Permanent Recruitment Costs 6.0
8 Executive Search
Award Criteria
AC1 Managing the Executive Search Service 29.4
AC2 Attracting Candidates 23.1
AC3 Contract Management and Management Information 7.0
AC4 Social Value 10.5
AC5 Total Contract Price 30.0
9 Recruitment Advertising
Award Criteria
AC1 Methodology for providing a recruitment advertising service as detailed in section 4.5 of the specification 42.0
AC2 Contract Management and Management Information 17.5
AC3 Social Value 10.5
AC4 Total Contract Price 30.0

Award Detail

1 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 1- Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 CPL Resources Public (None)
  • Lot 1- Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 Apple Recruitment Services (Belfast)
  • Lot 1- Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
4 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 2- Scientific
  • Reference: 2
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £22,027,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
5 Apple Recruitment Services (Belfast)
  • Lot 2- Scientific
  • Reference: 2
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £22,027,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
6 CPL Resources Public (None)
  • Lot 2- Scientific
  • Reference: 2
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £22,027,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
7 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 3- Information Technology
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
8 Apple Recruitment Services (Belfast)
  • Lot 3- Information Technology
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
9 CPL Resources Public (None)
  • Lot 3- Information Technology
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
10 UK Recruitment (London)
  • Lot 4- Business Support
  • Reference: 4
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,806,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
11 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 4- Business Support
  • Reference: 4
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,806,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
12 Platinum Recruitment NI (Downpatrick)
  • Lot 4- Business Support
  • Reference: 4
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,806,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
13 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 5- People and Culture and Legal services
  • Reference: 5
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
14 Apple Recruitment Services (Belfast)
  • Lot 5- People and Culture and Legal services
  • Reference: 5
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
15 MCS Personnel (Belfast)
  • Lot 5- People and Culture and Legal services
  • Reference: 5
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £1,602,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
16 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 6- Financial Administrators and Qualified Accountants
  • Reference: 6
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
17 Apple Recruitment Services (Belfast)
  • Lot 6- Financial Administrators and Qualified Accountants
  • Reference: 6
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
18 CPL Resources Public (None)
  • Lot 6- Financial Administrators and Qualified Accountants
  • Reference: 6
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £4,005,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
19 UK Recruitment (London)
  • Lot 7- Industrial staff
  • Reference: 7
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £2,002,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
20 Staffline Recruitment NI (Belfast)
  • Lot 7- Industrial staff
  • Reference: 7
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £2,002,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
21 CPL Resources Public (None)
  • Lot 7- Industrial staff
  • Reference: 7
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £2,002,500 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
22 Hays Specialist Recruitment (London)
  • Lot 8- Executive Search
  • Reference: 8
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £2,700,000
23 Anderson Spratt Group (Belfast)
  • Lot 9- Recruitment Advertising
  • Reference: 9
  • Num offers: 15
  • Value: £2,250,000
  • Contractor is an SME.

CPV Codes

  • 79600000 - Recruitment services
  • 79610000 - Placement services of personnel
  • 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
  • 79341000 - Advertising services

Indicators

  • Options are available.

Other Information

The successful Suppliers' performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Suppliers not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a supplier fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Supplier being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of. three years from the date of issue.

Reference

Domains