Senior Civil Servants (SCS) Assessments
Details
- Buyer
- Cabinet Office
- Supplier(s)
- GatenbySanderson Limited
- Value
- £6,735,603
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Recruitment services
- Published
- 10 November 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
This procurement is for the provision of Senior Civil Servants (SCS) Assessment Services and is being conducted by Cabinet Office (CO) and HMTreasury Commercial on behalf of the CO as the Contracting Authority. The recruitment process for SCS will differentiate between the following grade levels: G6 to SCS1 and SCS2 to SCS4 (SCS2-4) For all levels (G6-SCS4), assessment will include the procurement of an externally renowned psychometric test to explore in detail candidates' behaviours. In addition, assessment for SCS2-4 candidates will include the provision of a second externally recognised psychometric assessment that evaluates leadership derailment risks. Assessment for SCS2-4 candidates will also require the implementation of an Interactive Work Sample Assessment (IWA), which consists of a suite of Assessments. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award date9 November 2026
- Completed: Award published10 November 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date30 November 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
The Cabinet Office is a central government ministerial department that supports the Prime Minister, with its own commercial teams handling procurement. Much of its procurement runs through framework agreements, including those set up by the Crown Commercial Service. The department publishes targeted actions to increase its business with small and medium-sized enterprises. Central commercial teams based here combined with the Crown Commercial Service in 2026 to form the Government Commercial Agency.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Cabinet Office's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov |
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