Notice Information
Notice Title
T23-072CRO Provision of Employment Agency Services
Notice Description
Derry City and Strabane District Council invites tenders for the provision of Employment Agency Services for periods of short term cover. It is intended that the tender will cover the full range of administrative, clerical, technical, professional and manual posts within Council. The appointed agency/agencies will only be engaged for short term provision of services to further support and supplement Councils recruitment activity. The Council will appoint up to three preferred suppliers at the lowest cost to Council who will be required to provide a suitable agency worker within 3 working days of the requirement having been notified to the agency. This contract will take effect from the commencement date and remain in force for one year with the option of two further one-year extensions to give a total 3-year contract. The contract will be reviewed after 12 months. The commencement date will be no later than Autumn 2023. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Derry City and Strabane District Council invites tenders for the provision of Employment Agency Services for periods of short term cover. It is intended that the tender will cover the full range of administrative, clerical, technical, professional and manual posts within Council. The appointed agency/agencies will only be engaged for short term provision of services to further support and supplement Councils recruitment activity. The Council will appoint up to three preferred suppliers at the lowest cost to Council who will be required to provide a suitable agency worker within 3 working days of the requirement having been notified to the agency. This contract will take effect from the commencement date and remain in force for one year with the option of two further one-year extensions to give a total 3-year contract. The contract will be reviewed after 12 months. The commencement date will be no later than Autumn 2023. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03ef0b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022867-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Via EtendersNI Messaging
- Contact Email
- tenders@derrystrabane.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DERRY
- Postcode
- BT48 7NN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0A Derry City and Strabane
- Delivery Location
- TLN0A Derry City and Strabane
-
- Local Authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Electoral Ward
- Northland
- Westminster Constituency
- Foyle
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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