FOI Release: Provision of Recruitment Assessment Centres and Associated Services Contract

Published: 05 August 2025
Freedom of information class: How we procure goods and services

Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).


FOI reference: CW-2025-433
Date received: 22 July 2025
Date responded: 04 August 2025

Information requested:

  1. What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?
  1. Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages.
  1. Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
  1. Start date & duration of framework/contract?
  1. Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
  1. Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
  1. Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
  1. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

Response:

The answers to your questions are as follows.

  1. See ‘Provision of Recruitment Assessment Centres & Associated Services ITT V2’ section 3.8.6 outlining the Performance Expectations for this agreement and ‘Appendix 7 - Performance Monitoring’ further outlining this. Both documents are available under the Additional Documents section of the Notice linked in your request.
  1. Please see the table below for the full list of suppliers and outcome.
Suppliers who applied for inclusion / submitted bids PQQ/SPD Stage Provided bids surpassing ITT thresholds Agreement Award
Psysoft Ltd Successful Successful Unsuccessful
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd Successful Successful Unsuccessful
MK Business Psychology Ltd Successful Successful Successful
Hyper Talent Solutions Ltd Successful Successful Unsuccessful
Clevry UK Ltd Successful Successful Unsuccessful
Eden Scott Ltd Successful Successful Unsuccessful
Psychonnaissance Ltd Unsuccessful (failed to demonstrate and meet the criteria as specified in the PQQ/SPD) n/a n/a
  1. Agreement spend to date, 01/09/2024 to 25/07/2025, £134,239.25 excluding VAT.
  1. Initial term 01/09/2024 to 31/08/2025, RoS have recently taken the 12-month optional extension, and the Agreement is now in place until 31/08/2026.
  1. See ‘Provision of Recruitment Assessment Centres & Associated Services ITT V2’. This document is available under the Additional Documents section of the Notice linked in your request.
  1. Yes, one (1) optional 12-month extension. RoS have recently exercised this 12-month extension, and the Agreement is now in place until 31/08/2026.
  1. Yes, the optional 12-month extension has recently been taken, and the Agreement is now in place until 31/08/2026.
  1. Head of Human Resources

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