How to win: DCWW 2015 - Recruitment Services Procurement

About this contract

Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig, trading as Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCC), is seeking to establish a Hybrid Managed Service Provider (MSP) Recruitment Framework to support its in-house recruitment function with the provision of temporary, interim, fixed-term contract (FTC) and permanent recruitment services across a range of specialist disciplines. DCC currently operates a combination of in-house direct recruitment and recruitment agency support. The purpose of this procurement is to introduce a Hybrid MSP model that will provide DCC with greater control, visibility and consistency across its external recruitment activity, while retaining access to specialist recruitment expertise where required. The Framework is intended to support enhanced value for money, improved management information and expenditure visibility, robust compliance management, effective management of IR35 and payroll requirements, and a streamlined recruitment and workforce management process. Under the Hybrid MSP model, DCC will retain its in-house recruitment function and overall governance and oversight of its recruitment requirements, while outsourcing defined recruitment and workforce management activities to MSP Suppli

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