Agency Labour and Recruitment Framework

Contract summary

Industry

• Placement services of personnel - 79610000

• Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£4,800,000

Procurement reference

Agency Labour and Recruitment Framework

Published date

26 July 2018

Closing date

17 April 2018

Contract start date

3 July 2018

Contract end date

2 July 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) sought bids to establish a framework of service providers to provide agency labour and recruitment services. The geographical area covered by the framework was primarily Knowsley, however, placed staff may be required to work anywhere within the North West of England. The framework will cover the following lots:

Lot 1: Administration / Clerical / Personal Assistant / Office Support staff
Lot 2: Contact centre staff
Lot 3: Trade operatives across all trades
Lot 4: IT staff
Lot 5: Finance staff
Lot 6: Human Resources staff
Lot 7: Asset Management staff
Lot 8: Housing Services staff
Lot 9: Development staff
Lot 10: Executive Directors
Lot 11: Board members

Successful bidders were required to provide a range of agency labour and recruitment services to First Ark including:

- Temporary/ interim staff placements
- Staff on a temporary to fixed term basis
- Staff on a temporary to permanent basis
- Recruitment of permanent staff positions

Successful bidders must be able to provide all of these services.

This procurement exercise was led by Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) for itself and on behalf of the other members of the First Ark Group and references in the tender documents to KHT/First Ark/the Group should be construed accordingly.

The framework will be available to the following, such that each of the following will be entitled to purchase services from the successful bidders at the discretion of KHT:

- Knowlsey Housing Trust

- First Ark Group and all subsidiary undertakings of First Ark both current and future

- All parts of any current or future group structure of which KHT is, or may become, a part

- Any joint venture entities (whether companies, limited liability partnerships or otherwise) in which any member of the First Ark participates from time to time (whether as a shareholder, member or otherwise), and are permitted by First Ark to make particular purchases from the service provider from time to time

For ease of reference, the term "client" is used in a number of places in the ITT to refer to KHT and the other members of the First Ark Group.

Submissions were to be submitted through the Cirrus Purchasing eTender system only.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Agency Labour and Recruitment Framework

• Opportunity
• Published 19 March 2018

Additional text

Submissions were to be submitted through the Cirrus Purchasing eTender system only.

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Award information

Awarded date

2 July 2018

Contract start date

3 July 2018

Contract end date

2 July 2022

Total value of contract

£4,800,000

This contract was awarded to 16 suppliers.

4Recruitment Services Limited

Adecco UK Ltd

BDS (Northern) Ltd

Blue Arrow Ltd

Brook Street (UK) Ltd

Building Careers UK

Castlerock Recruitment Group Ltd

Certes Computing Limited

Cordant People Ltd

Deekay Technical Recruitment Limited

Eden Brown Ltd

James Andrews Recruitment Solutions

Morgan Hunt UK Ltd

Santane Ltd

Service Care Solutions Limited

Venn Group Limited

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About the buyer

Address

Knowsley Housing Trust, Lakeview,
Kings Business Park, Prescot
Liverpool
L34 1PJ
England

Email

tenders@cirruspurchasing.co.uk

Website

https://www.firstark.com/