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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

HIGH SPEED TWO (HS2) LTD

Recruitment of Permanent Resources for HS2

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79600000
Value£18,581
Awarded6 Nov 2015
Published28 Oct 2015
RegionLondon

£18,581 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£19ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits below the typical range for Business Services contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

HS2 Ltd have an urgent requirement to recruit a permanent Head of Content & Insight, and Head of Engagement.

HS2 require a specialist recruitment agency to conduct an extensive search of the market in order to attract the best talent.

Suppliers will need to pre-qualify and submit a detailed tender response by 13:00, 6th November 2015.

Suppliers are required to clearly explain how they have conducted similar searches across the UK and specifically outside the rail and construction industry to source talent.

This must be accompanied by case studies and evidence of previous experience highlighting how previous campaigns have been completed successfully delivering the clients brief.

Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) is extremely important to HS2 Ltd and we are conscious of the industry challenges.

Suppliers will be required to submit examples of reaching out to traditionally under represented sectors of society, such as women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and those requiring innovative and flexible ways of working.

ED&I policies and practices are to be presented within the tender to demonstrate the suppliers capability to meet HS2 required standards.

The supplier’s demonstrable ability to meet the project milestones, including the capability and capacity of the delivery team must provide HS2 Ltd the confidence in the supplier’s ability to fulfil this requirement.

All documentation submitted must be verifiable through testimonials or references if required.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Suppliers will need to pre-qualify and submit

Suppliers will need to pre-qualify and submit a detailed tender response by 13:00, 6th November 2015.

02

Suppliers are required to clearly explain how

Suppliers are required to clearly explain how they have conducted similar searches across the UK and specifically outside the rail and construction industry to source talent.

03

This must be accompanied by case studies

This must be accompanied by case studies and evidence of previous experience highlighting how previous campaigns have been completed successfully delivering the clients brief.

04

Suppliers will be required to submit examples

Suppliers will be required to submit examples of reaching out to traditionally under represented sectors of society, such as women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and those requiring innovative and flexible ways of working.

05

ED&I policies and practices are to

ED&I policies and practices are to be presented within the tender to demonstrate the suppliers capability to meet HS2 required standards.

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