To appoint a bidder to conduct Screening, Verifications, and Reference Checks for four (4) years.

The Council for Medical Schemes has issued a tender to appoint one bidder to carry out screening, verification and reference checks, with the appointment set to run for four years. For organisations that provide these services, the length of the engagement is the notable feature: it is framed as a multi year arrangement rather than a single order. The title identifies the three functions expected of the appointed party, but the notice supplies no quantities, no indication of the number of checks involved, no description of the categories of people to be checked, and no location for the work. The size and value of the contract therefore cannot be judged from what is published. Beyond the title and the identity of the issuing body, the notice text amounts to a reference line, and it does not state the scope of work, the deliverables, the qualifications required or the documents an applicant must submit.