Provision of Employee Screening Services

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are tendering for a Responsible Organisation (RO) that can fulfil our requirements relating to employee screening and associated services.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is an independent regulator which serves the public interest by setting high standards of corporate governance, corporate reporting and audit and by holding to account those responsible for delivering them. The FRC also monitors and takes enforcement action where things go wrong to ensure the proper operation of the market and confidence in the UK economy and the UK's international reputation as an attractive place to do business. The FRC is committed to:

• Protecting and improving audit and reporting quality; • Making company reporting fit for the future; • Supporting the creation of the audit of the future; • Ensuring that the world-leading UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes make the UK a great place to do business; • Supporting the FRC's transformation to the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA), a modern, forward-looking regulator.

Further details about the FRC can be found on our website www.frc.org.uk

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are tendering for a Responsible Organisation (RO) that can fulfil our requirements relating to employee screening and associated services. A Responsible Organisation (RO) is an organisation registered with the DBS to submit basic checks through a web service https://www.gov.uk/guidance/responsible-organisations.

Our Employment screening core aim is to ensure that individual's suitability to hold employment in the given job role, therefore whilst the employment screening mainly applies to comprises to 'new joiners', there are instances when they are undertaken for individuals who are moving between job roles within an organisation.

Our requirements are broadly divided into the four categories below.

(1) Identity (2) Education (3) Employment (4) Personal

We are looking for a provider to have an online portal service whereby we can request the required checks and receive reports on completed onboarding checks.

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Additional information: THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE.

THIS TENDER HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

The contract value is a estimate only. The FRC will pay for checks undertaken.

The FRC reserves the right to extend the contract term. The aggregated contract value will be capped at no greater than £175k