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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

DBS Checks and Related Services

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£50k
Awarded10 Sept 2023
Published20 Sept 2023
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Other Community & Personal Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

As of 6 July 2023 Fire and Rescue Authorities are now listed in Schedule 1 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions).

The amendment to the Act means that Services are now able to perform Standard level DBS checks as a minimum level (subject to normal eligibility considerations for Enhanced/Enhanced with Barred Lists level checks) for all staff, volunteers and representatives.

The Authority has used three quotes process, price only evaluation to award the contract.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The amendment to the Act means

The amendment to the Act means that Services are now able to perform Standard level DBS checks as a minimum level (subject to normal eligibility considerations for Enhanced/Enhanced with Barred Lists level checks) for all staff, volunteers and representatives.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DBS checksays mustPersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
The amendment to the Act means that Services are now able to perform Standard level DBS checks as a minimum level (subject to normal eligibility considerations for Enhanced/Enhanced with Barred Lists level checks) for all staff, volunteers and representatives.

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Source & provenance
OCID
53c2ffd5-a99e-4ff8-a777-3aaa72d30cdf
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
20230920172225-71935
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