Notice Information
Notice Title
HCC - The Provision of Contract Arrangements for Agency Staff
Notice Description
This is an Award Notice. Hertfordshire County Council have awarded a contract for the provision of contract arrangements for agency staff. To supply Hertfordshire County Council with social care professionals that are appropriately skilled and qualified to meet the demands of the organisation, whilst complying with safeguarding and legislative requirements. The services are urgently required at the point that they are commissioned and can be supplied only by this economic operator as competition was absent for technical reasons. Providing a reliable source of social care agency staff in particularly difficult to recruit locations, would improve consistency for service users and permanent staff. The contract with the provider will end on the same date as the existing corporate contract, March 2025. Therefore, ensuring that the services provided by the supplier will form part of the specification for the new procurement post March 2025. Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in making this award without prior publication. Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) states: 32(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication. 32(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: - (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: - (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons With permanent recruitment remaining a challenge in this area, Florence Staffing Limited are able to provide reliable, trained staff to ACS, in House Services, in particularly difficult to recruit locations. The staff work directly with vulnerable adults who require a continuity of service provision. Therefore, the provision of reliable support workers improves consistency for service users and permanent staff.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-712714de-32c8-4d78-b290-4a5c0a6d996f
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fffbfbb9-9ca5-41ad-908d-9b7780a3dce7
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £5,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Dec 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 5 Feb 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HERTFORD
- Postcode
- SG13 8DQ
- Post Town
- Stevenage
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Hertford Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fffbfbb9-9ca5-41ad-908d-9b7780a3dce7
4th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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