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Permanent recruitment: making the framework work Launched in March, Crown Commercial Service’s new Permanent Recruitment Framework RM6229 lets all public sector organisations with access to recruitment agencies hire permanent, fixed term and internal secondment roles. It replaces the current framework, which expires on 12 November 2022 CCS’s new Permanent Recruitment framework sponsored by central government departments provides access to individual candidate which are not covered by the above categories: placements for open roles across England or any new bodies created which fall within the Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well criteria set out above. as access to all services in a modular format if required. Core modules include Search, Regional suppliers Evaluation & Appointment, while non-core Suppliers are not required to modules are available for Strategy & be able to provide on a Early Planning, Talent Development and national basis but shall engagem Technology Services. be able to provide e with sup nt General recruitment through recruitment services pliers the framework is a nonin locations in and b e fore issu exclusive contingency model outside of London in g tender d service, meaning that recruiters and The South o c u ments can help will compete to find a suitable East, where civil them be candidate and will only get paid service and wider t u t e nderstan r if they successfully fill the role. public servants are organisa d your located throughout tion Who can use the the UK, not restricted needs ’s framework? to large cities, and The Framework is available for use by adapting to changing all public sector bodies, including central locations for Public Bodies. government departments, the wider public sector and third sector. This includes but is Lots not limited to: all ministerial government The framework is divided into two lots, with departments; non-ministerial government Lot 1 for Clinical General Recruitment, and Lot departments, executive agencies of government 2 for non-clinical general recruitment, with and other subsidiary bodies; civil service bodies, 119 suppliers listed under this Lot. In order to including public sector buying organisations; determine which services you require, the Lot 1 all non-crown status government companies and Lot 2 services can be provided modularly. wholly or partly owned by central government So, a customer can contract with a supplier for departments and their subsidiaries: the nona single service provision, for the full end-to-end departmental public bodies, other public bodies, recruitment process or create their own bespoke public corporations and their subsidiary bodies menu of services under the agreement. Suppliers
must provide Core Modular Services if requested by the customer, but can indicate whether they are able to provide non-core modular services as well at framework tender. You can refer to the Capabilities Matrix to identify which Suppliers can provide Non-Core Modular Services. Most public sector organisations have dedicated internal resourcing teams that run all general recruitment in-house where possible and will utilise external agencies on more complex and niche requirements. Prices Framework prices are those submitted by suppliers during their framework tender. These are based on the salary bandings. Under all call-off contracts, suppliers must not apply any charges above these framework prices to their call-off contracts, and must use these framework prices in calculating the costs of a direct award. However, it is possible to agree other fee structures and suppliers are able to apply rates lower than their framework prices during further competitions. Standards All suppliers must comply with a range of standards. For instance, ISO 9001Quality Management Systems, or equivalent, are required to be in place, as is ISO 22313:2020 Business Continuity. All framework suppliers will hold a Cyber Essentials certificate or equivalent (e.g. ISO 27001) and where customers require Cyber Essentials Plus certification in line E
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