Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment
Notice Description
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of temporary and permanent staffing for use by schools and educational establishments (excluding independent/for profit schools) The lotting structure being proposed is: Lot 1 - Teachers and Education Recruitment Lot 2 - Managed Service The maximum available places for Lot 1 is 150 The maximum available places for Lot 2 is 20 The maximum number of bidders for Lots 1 and 2 of this framework may increase where two (2) or more bidders have tied scores in last position only. We also reserve the right for all lots to award a framework to any bidders whose final score is within 1% of the last position. Please refer to paragraph 20.1. of Attachment 2 - How to Tender for more information.
Lot Information
Teachers and Education Recruitment
An agency selection tool to hire temporary, fixed term, and permanent workers directly from a recruitment agency.
Renewal: The initial duration of the Framework is 3 years, with an option to extend for 12 months. CCS reserve the right to extend lots by varying durations
Managed ServiceA managed service provider (including Master and Neutral Vend models) who will provide all staffing needs. The recruitment business will use their supply chain of other agencies to support meeting staffing needs where needed.
Renewal: The initial duration of the Framework is 3 years, with an option to extend for 12 months. CCS reserve the right to extend lots by varying durations
Planning Information
Market engagement for RM6376 began in December 2024 with premarket engagement for customers, stakeholders, and partners (YPO, ESPO, NEPO). We had 2 market sector sessions (one in person in London, one virtual) with our key industry bodies (REC and APSCo) and their suppliers, and one further virtual supplier session for suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. Based on feedback from our pre market engagement, options were then proposed to the market in our second set of market engagement sessions in March 2025 which gave specific insight into the agreement design.Specific feedback was sought on lot structure, permanent provision and temp to perm fees. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold further market engagement sessions In June and July 2025 to present back our finalised ideas to the market. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please visit https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6376 to regularly review for details of the sessions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050236
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074937-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 28 May 2026 - 28 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3454102222
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 9PP
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre North
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074937-2025
18th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074295-2025
17th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046620-2025
6th August 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042307-2025
23rd July 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038119-2025
8th July 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029931-2025
4th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014864-2025
14th April 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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