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Recruitment - Neutral Vendor, contingent labour

East West Rail

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14 Aug 2026 at 13:49

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Summary of the contracting process

East West Rail procured a neutral-vendor recruitment service for contingent labour. The supplier is intended to manage contractor workforce requirements through an MSP model, including recruitment sourcing and coordination, supply-chain management, compliance checks, onboarding and workforce reporting. The requirement is for office personnel and is delivered in the UK. The procurement also contains specialist resourcing descriptions covering veterinary, technical and scientific personnel, with activity associated with APHA. The named buying organisation is East West Rail, although the procurement record also identifies Defra’s eTendering function and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as buyer-related parties. The principal service category is the supply of personnel, including temporary staff.

The process is complete and has been awarded through a direct call-off under the RM6288 Workforce Solutions framework, without reopening competition. Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd was awarded the active contract for the neutral-vendor contingent-labour requirement. The contract was signed on 23 July 2026 and is valued at £3,400,000. The wider tender value is stated as £30,000,000. The recorded contract period runs from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028, with a retender identified as the renewal route. The procurement is recorded as selective and as using a restricted procedure. A separate neutral-vendor lot is recorded as cancelled. The tender record also shows a price-only evaluation basis and seven bids, including four from SMEs.

This requirement is relevant to recruitment process outsourcers, managed service providers and specialist staffing businesses able to run an end-to-end contingent-labour supply chain. A credible competitor would need to coordinate multiple recruitment sources, manage compliance and onboarding, provide workforce reporting, and act as a single neutral interface between the buyer and labour suppliers. Experience supplying temporary or contractor personnel is directly relevant, particularly where the service must support specialist veterinary, technical or scientific roles as well as general office personnel. The award shows that both large providers and SMEs participated in the wider requirement, so businesses of different sizes may be credible if they can demonstrate robust operational control, reliable supplier management and the capacity to support UK-wide delivery.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Recruitment - Neutral Vendor, contingent labour

Notice Description

This contract has been awarded as a direct call-off under RM6288 Workforce Solutions, in accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The framework agreement permits contracts to be awarded without re-opening competition where Government Commercial Agency (GCA) has undertaken a full and compliant competitive procurement process for the provision of contractor labour services under framework RM6288 Workforce Solutions

Lot Information

Lot 1- Veterinary Personnel

Specialist Resourcing Framework

Renewal: Retender

Lot 2 - Technical Personnel

Specialist Resourcing Framework

Renewal: Retender

Lot 3 - Scientific Personnel

Specialist Resourcing Framework

Renewal: Retender

Lot 1

Neutral vendor for the recruitment of contingent labour. An MSP model, the supplier will manage contractor labour requirements, oversee the end-to-end recruitment supply chain. Overseeing the end-to-end recruitment supply chain, including sourcing coordination, supply chain management, compliance, onboarding, and workforce reporting.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a71
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077703-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

79621000 - Supply services of office personnel

85200000 - Veterinary services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£30,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£30,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£744,740,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
2 Feb 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Mar 20242 years ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Active, Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East West Rail
Additional Buyers

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Defra Network eTendering Portal

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
Not specified
Postcode Area
Not specified
Country
Not specified
Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

Alexander Mann Solutions

Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd

Eville and Jones (Commercial Services) Ltd

HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd

Jobs in Science

Mistev Export Health Certification Ltd

Recruit4vets Ltd

UK Farmcare Ltd

VP Recruitment Ltd (TA VetPro Recruitment)

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