Stale Pre-tender

HCC - 04/26 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) regarding a Framework for the Provision of Recruitment Agencies

Details

Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Topic: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published: 30 April 2026
Submission: 29 May 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Council currently holds a contract with the Guidant Group for the supply of temporary staff across all directorates. The current agreement remains in effect until March 2027. The current provider has been in place since 2013 and operates under a neutral/hybrid managed service model. Historically, the Council has maintained a level of agency spend outside of the corporate contract, to address skills shortages in specific areas. Moving forward, the Council aims to look at two approaches to improve supplier management across the Council: - Continuation of the corporate contract as the initial point of contact for the Council’s agency work requirements. - Development of a new Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) framework to cover key skill areas (lots) that cannot be fulfilled through the corporate contract. Please refer to the PME Document for full details.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published30 April 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Hertfordshire County Council is the local authority for Hertfordshire, and buys as a local government organisation. Every tender and quotation is advertised through Supply Hertfordshire, the council's electronic tendering portal. Nine public sector organisations across the county share Supply Hertfordshire as a joint procurement service. Registered suppliers receive automated email alerts when new tenders match their chosen category. Suppliers must also register on the Central Digital Platform to generate a Share Code for above-threshold procurements, a rule in effect since February 2025. Contracts carry the council's own terms and conditions for every goods, services and works purchase.

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 Hertfordshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79600000 · Recruitment services
79610000 · Placement services of personnel
79620000 · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
79621000 · Supply services of office personnel
79623000 · Supply services of commercial or industrial workers
79624000 · Supply services of nursing personnel
79630000 · Personnel services except placement and supply services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov