Southern Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) for recruitment services worth an estimated £60 million.
The water company is looking to appoint a delivery partner who is able to offer an end to end recruitment service, in addition to training and best practice knowledge sharing to improve internal capability.
The appointed MSP will be required to provide a wide range of services, including:
- Provide Contingent Labour recruitment services covering all Southern Water locations across the counties of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
- Be able to recruit the Contingent Workers at the volumes detailed at a competitive price.
- Directly fill most of the roles and show the cost efficiencies and value of being able to do this.
- Engage agencies to fill Contingent Worker roles that cannot be filled directly by the MSP, on behalf of Southern Water and be able to contract and manage this supply chain on behalf of Southern Water.
- Be able to provide account management services to act as a point of contact and to provide overall support in the delivery of the services being tendered for.
- Propose an efficient invoicing and billing process.
- Demonstrate IR35 compliance including throughout their supply chain.
- Ability to provide pre-employment and background checks as an ad-hoc service.
Initial contract term is four years, with up to four further annual extension options.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 16 February 2022 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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