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003271 - Online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application provider
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £1,250,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
DCC undertakes DBS checks on all employees in posts identified as requiring a DBS check in accordance with the DBS eligibility criteria; plus DBS checks for carers, fostering, adoption, taxi drivers, volunteers and maintained schools, amongst others. Checks ensure full compliance with recruitment processes, as well as statutory requirements. The Council also operates a rechecking process for employees, currently set at 5 years.
We are seeking to formally procure the services of a DBS umbrella registered body, who will provide an electronic administration platform for the submission of DBS application forms and for the subsequent check results to be visible to users within DCC (E-Bulk System).
We anticipate a requirement to process approximately 5,000 DBS applications per year for the Council. However, it should be noted that the number of applications processed may be subject to fluctuation due to organisational change, renewals required and policy decisions arising from national changes to disclosure and barring eligibility criteria. For avoidance of doubt, the spread of applications will not be uniform across any period.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 18 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 18 May 2026.
Release 045555-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 25 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 25 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Thu 29 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT.
Release 090804-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069b6c
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Fri 2 Oct 2026, 08:17 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 20:20 BST
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