Published date: 5 November 2024

Open future opportunity - This means that the buyer is not yet ready to invite bid applications but early notification has been provided and some dialogue may be possible.


Approach to market date: 31 October 2025

Contract summary

Industry

  • Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£650,000,000

Procurement reference

RM6376

Published date

5 November 2024

Approach to market date

31 October 2025

Contract start date

1 May 2026

Contract end date

30 April 2030

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing for use by schools and educational establishment

The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2026/2027 £125,000,000
2027/2028 £150,000,000
2028/2029 £175,000,000
2029/2030 £200,000,000

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Additional text

This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those
within the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions from November onwards with
customers, stakeholders, partners (YPO, ESPO, NEPO) and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for
the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session
please visit https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6376 to regularly review for details
of the sessions.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the
right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is
[https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk].
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet)
for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page
https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6376 for updates and monitor Find A Tender
Service for the publication of the contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling
personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps
to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials
scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide
organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber
Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
Please note that the Carbon Net Zero Team cannot advise on CRP compliance to bidders in a live
procurement. For further guidance on 'producing your carbon reduction plan' please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppn-0621-carbon-reduction-plan-creation-and-trainingtickets-224041864247
The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until
they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber
Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.
The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been
assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of
OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the
RM6376 Schedule, "Security Requirement and Plan", to meet RM6376 requirements. This will be
released at the ITT stage.

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial (CCS)

Address

9th Floor, Capital Building, Old Hall Stret
Liverpool
L39PP
England

Telephone

+44 345 410 2222

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/CCS