Expired contract

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Details

Duration
4 years
Topic
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published
15 January 2020

Tender description

Torbay Council undertook this tender process to identify successful temporary agency staff providers, who will be selected for a place on 2 new standing lists for: Lot 1: Approved Temporary Agency Staff Providers; and Lot 2: Approved Social Worker Agency Providers. The new standing lists will commence from the beginning of January 2020 onwards. When a new requirement for an agency worker arises, all providers on the relevant standing list will be invited to put forward candidate’s for the available temporary position and the selection will be based upon an assessment of the candidate’s CV and the outcome following an interview, undertaken by the authority. Lot 1: Approved Temporary Agency Staff Providers appointed to a standing list. This will be used by Torbay Council business units, when there is a need for temporary (Professional and other role) positions. The standing list may also be used in the future by the Torbay Development Agency and any current or future arms-length companies wholly owned by the authority and by any third party organisations including schools and academies, who currently use the services of Torbay Council’s Human Resources Team, or are likely to int he future through a service level agreement. Lot 2: Approved Social Worker Agency Providers appointed to a standing list. This will be used by Torbay Council's children's services, when there is a need for temporary positions.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 December 2019
  2. Completed: Award published15 January 2020
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date13 November 2023

About the buyer

Torbay Council is the local authority for Torbay, and its commercial services team manages procurement across the council. Every tender is advertised on Supplying the South West, the council's e-tendering platform for formal requirements. Suppliers register free on the platform to receive automatic notification of new opportunities. Contracts above the regulatory threshold are also openly advertised through Find a Tender. Framework call-offs, dynamic purchasing systems and direct award to a fellow contracting authority offer further routes to a contract. Smaller-value work is quoted directly, with at least three suppliers invited and two of them based in Torbay.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Torbay Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • 98511000 · Services of commercial workers
  • 98512000 · Services of industrial workers

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