MHRA Pre-Employment and Security Screening Services - Further Competition Award
Details
- Supplier(s)
- REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
- Value
- £360,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Public security, law and order services
- Published
- 6 June 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender 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.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date18 November 2024
- Completed: Award published6 June 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date17 November 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components, buying as a central healthcare organisation with its own commercial team. Contracts Finder carries every live and forthcoming procurement opportunity. Larger competitions move to Find a Tender once they pass the high-value threshold. Suppliers register on the agency's eTendering portal with a DUNS number. A rolling commercial pipeline lists larger opportunities due over the next 18 months.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 75240000 · Public security, law and order services
- 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov |
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