Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Recruitment Agency Services
Notice Description
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to appoint a single supplier to manage provision of contingent workers under a Managed Service Programme (MSP). SW currently engages agency workers from seven framework suppliers who provide workers for specific disciplines. <br/><br/>The MSP provider will deliver the following services: <br/>Fulfilment of all SW's agency worker requirements <br/>Management of all SW's current agency workers <br/>Fulfilment of agency workers for SW's capital investment programme. These workers are engaged and managed by SW's strategic delivery partners. <br/>Sourcing of candidates for permanent recruitment. SW's primary approach is direct recruitment for permanent positions, so this service only applies in limited circumstances when direct recruitment has failed or for hard-to-fill positions <br/>Management of sub-agencies used to provide contingent workers<br/>Sourcing of contingent workers to provide project and other services
Lot Information
Lot 1
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to appoint a single supplier to manage provision of contingent workers under a Managed Service Programme (MSP). SW currently engages agency workers from seven framework suppliers who provide workers for specific disciplines.
The MSP provider will deliver the following services:
Fulfilment of all SW's agency worker requirements
Management of all SW's current agency workers
Fulfilment of agency workers for SW's capital investment programme. These workers are engaged and managed by SW's strategic delivery partners.
Sourcing of candidates for permanent recruitment. SW's primary approach is direct recruitment for permanent positions, so this service only applies in limited circumstances when direct recruitment has failed or for hard-to-fill positions
Management of sub-agencies used to provide contingent workers
Sourcing of contingent workers to provide project and other services
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018317-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £150,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- 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
- SCOTTISH WATER
- Contact Name
- Danielle Welsh
- Contact Email
- danielle.welsh@scottishwater.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G33 6FB
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
- Westminster Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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