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MHRA Pre-Employment and Security Screening Services - Further Competition Award

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Buyer Address: 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4PU, GB

Contact Name: Purchasing

Contact Email: purchasing@mhra.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: 02030807147

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
360000.0 GBP
Published
06 Jun 2025, 19:10
Deadline
01 Aug 2024, 11:00
Contract Start
18 Nov 2024, 00:00
Contract End
17 Nov 2028, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
75240000 - Public security, law and order services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wishes to appoint an experienced Service Provider to take responsibility for undertaking and managing a range of agreed pre-employment checks and security screening on individuals intending to work for or at the MHRA; including providing web access to a secure online system to facilitate the service delivery, with both MHRA and candidate access. The Screening Service will include but not be limited to specific requirements for: deep web internet mining, adverse media checks, animal rights and pro-life activist checks, sanctions and politically exposed persons (PEP) checks; as well as Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Basic Disclosure (DBS) checks. The Contract shall run for an Initial Term of up to three years with the option to extend for a further one year period, all subject to satisfactory performance and earlier termination as required. There shall be no commitment to commission Services nor guarantee of a minimum or any volume or value of work; nor any exclusivity with the Service Provider in relation to these Services. The award value includes some contingency due to the variable nature of these Services.

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