Payments over £100,000 to recruitment agencies since 2021: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

Please provide a list of all individual payments or contracts over £100,000 made to recruitment or agency suppliers since 2021, including supplier name, amount, and purpose.

Response

Year Start

Year End

Payments over 100k? (Y/N)

No. of Invoices

Net Total

VAT

Totals

Detail/Comments

 

Apr- 21

 

Mar- 22

 

Y

 

1

£131,456.45

£26,291.29

£157,747.74

Supplier: UK Cabinet Office

This spend was to manage candidates who applied to the three volume Policy Advisor recruitment campaigns during 2021/22. The service provided included: applicant tracking system that was used; recruiters/administrators who managed the candidates and conducted the initial sifting and supported the assessment stages; pre-employment team that managed the offers and screening.

 

Apr- 22

 

Mar- 23

 

Y

 

2

£95,750.00

£19,150.00

£114,900.00

Supplier: Sova Assessment Limited

Provision of assessment expertise, on-line assessment solutions and a candidate online platform for the recruitment into the Scottish Government’s Graduate Development Programme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplier: UK Cabinet Office

Apr- 22

Mar- 23

Y

2

£92,341.00

£18,468.20

£110,809.20

This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform.

 

Apr- 23

 

Mar- 24

 

Y

 

1

£87,163.00

£17,432.60

£104,595.60

Supplier: UK Cabinet Office

This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform.

 

Apr- 24

 

Mar- 25

 

Y

 

1

£101,561.30

£20,312.26

£121,873.56

Supplier: UK Cabinet Office

This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform.

 

Apr- 25

 

Mar- 26

 

Y

 

1

£131,271.55

£26,254.31

£157,525.86

Supplier: UK Cabinet Office

This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform.

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Contact

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