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PP-10161 Harris Federation Permanent and Contingency Staffing

Harris Federation

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03 Sep 2026 at 12:52

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27 Mar 2026 at 16:18

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17 Feb 2026 at 15:21

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29 Jan 2026 at 18:09

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21 Nov 2025 at 23:07

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25 Jun 2025 at 11:25

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13 Jun 2025 at 16:47

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Summary of the contracting process

Harris Federation procured general and specialist recruitment services through a permanent and contingent staffing framework for all existing and future academies in the Federation. The scope covers recruitment and personnel supply (CPV 79600000 and 79620000), delivered across the Federation’s academies and central teams. Twelve service areas are included: education leadership; permanent and fixed-term classroom teaching; short-term supply teaching; classroom support and pastoral roles; administration and operational roles; digital, data and technology; corporate functions; finance and audit; human resources; estates; executive search; and managed services for off-payroll contingent workers. The framework can also be used by UK public sector bodies including schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, colleges and universities. Harris Federation is the buying organisation, supported by Place Group as procurement agent.

The procurement is complete and awards were made on 14 November 2025 under an above-threshold open procedure. Twelve lots were awarded to multiple suppliers, with gross values of £14.4m, £33.6m, £43.2m, £43.2m, £15.36m, £7.68m, £6.72m, £8.64m, £6.24m, £8.16m, £2.88m and £1.92m respectively, covering the service areas in the same order as above. Awarded suppliers include Hays, Reed, A-DAY Consultants, Dovetail and Slate, London Teaching Pool, Engage Partners, Create Education, Carrington Blake Recruitment, Humly London, Recruitment Team Nine, Everest Recruitment, JORECRUITMENT, Prospero Group, Milk Education, Randstad Solutions, Morgan Hunt, Adecco, Evisa Solutions, Berry Recruitment, Law Morgan, CY Executive Resourcing and Eden Brown, alongside others. The framework was signed on 1 January 2026 and runs to 31 December 2027, with the open framework scheme capable of extending to 31 December 2033. Call-offs use direct award or mini-competition. Price is pass/fail, followed by quality weighted at 100%; bidders must evidence recruitment experience and recruitment routes. Successful call-offs attract a 0.75% levy excluding VAT.

This award demonstrates sustained, multi-category recruitment demand from a large academy federation and other eligible public bodies. Relevant suppliers need dependable access to qualified teachers, supply and cover staff, SEND and pastoral workers, senior leaders, corporate and professional specialists, technology personnel, estates staff, finance and audit professionals, and off-payroll contingent workers. The buyer’s performance expectations provide a clear benchmark: rapid filling, strong submission-to-interview and interview-to-offer conversion, offer acceptance, candidate quality, assignment completion, successful temporary-to-permanent transfers, accurate rebates, controlled fees and mark-ups, and compliance with safeguarding, recruitment, invoicing and reporting procedures. Suppliers also need responsive relationship management and evidence of academy and hiring-manager satisfaction. Both large recruitment businesses and SMEs were appointed, so credible competitors should build specialist candidate networks, robust compliance controls, measurable service delivery and the ability to operate through the specified platform and call-off routes.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PP-10161 Harris Federation Permanent and Contingency Staffing

Notice Description

Harris Federation has established a permanent and contingent (PerCo) recruitment Open Framework, procured under the Open procedure, to secure the provision of general and specialist recruitment services by preferred suppliers that support the staffing requirements of all existing, and future, academies within the Federation. This framework consists of 12 Lots. The call off options for the Client will be direct award, and mini competition. It is the Client's intention that call offs will take place via a specified platform. Suppliers that are appointed to the framework will be required to pay a Framework Levy for all call-off contracts they are successfully awarded under the framework, at a rate of 0.75% (excluding VAT) of the total value of the call off contract in question. The Framework shall be open for use by the following classifications of Contracting Authority throughout all administrative regions of the UK: UK public sector bodies, identified in detail in the URLs below (and any future successors to these organisations), which include schools, academies, multi academy trusts, RBCs, DfE school buying hubs, colleges, universities.

Lot Information

Education Leadership

Academy based Senior Leadership Team (SLT) Central Team Education Executive Leadership

Classroom Teaching (i.e. permanent and FTC)

Qualified Teachers Unqualified Teachers SEND Teachers Vocational Skills / Higher Education

Supply Teaching (short term cover i.e. sickness/absence)

Qualified Teachers Supply / Cover Teachers Cover Supervisors

Classroom Support & Pastoral

1:1 Support SEND Teaching Assistants Early Years Welfare and Safeguarding Classroom Technicians Exam Invigilators / Officers Heads of Year

Administration & Operational

Administrational Office Roles Operational Roles

Digital, Data and Technology

Data/School MIS IT Service Delivery IT Support Infrastructure Cyber Security

Corporate

Health & Safety Procurement Marketing Communications Legal Commercial Fundraising

Finance & Audit

Audit Accounting Academy finance Business partnering

Human Resources

HR Payroll Operations Talent Acquisition L&D

Estates

Facilities and Premises Estates management Project management

Executive Search

Senior management Directors Executive leadership (central team) Principal Technical & specialist

Managed Service

Off payroll contingent workers

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0548d4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083453-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, 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
£160,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£160,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
£124,000,000 £100M-£1B
Contracts Value
£124,000,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
30 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 Nov 202510 months ago
Contract Period
1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Harris Federation
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
CROYDON
Postcode
CR0 1LH
Postcode Area
Croydon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI62 Croydon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Croydon
Electoral Ward
Fairfield
Westminster Constituency
Croydon West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
64
Supplier Names

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED

A-DAY CONSULTANTS LIMITED

DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED

London Teaching Pool

K & G RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Sahl Recruitment

ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED

Tempest Resourcing Ltd

US Tech Solutions Limited

Principal Recruitment Technology

NALA GLOBAL LIMITED

TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT LTD

ASPIRE PEOPLE LIMITED

EDEX EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LTD

Recruitment Team Nine Limited

TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED

MASTER CLASS EDUCATION LTD

VERITAS EDUCATION (PRESTON) LTD

AXIS RECRUITMENT LIMITED

Engage Partners Ltd

Randstad Solutions Limited

CHOICE TEACHERS (SOUTH) LTD

EIGHT CORP LTD

STEP TEACHERS LIMITED

Strategy Education Ltd

Achieve Teachers Ltd

CREATE Education

Huntress Search Ltd

Qualiteach Ltd

ES SOLUTIONS GROUP LTD

Uniform Education

VISION FOR EDUCATION

Prospero Group Ltd

Humly London ltd.

Sanza Teaching Agency

Unity Education Limited

AFFINITY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Career Teachers Limited

COMPLETE CLASSROOM SERVICES LTD

Remedy Recruitment Group Ltd

CARRINGTON BLAKE RECRUITMENT LIMITED

JORECRUITMENT LIMITED

Milk Education

Velox Healthcare

CAMHS Professionals

EVEREST RECRUITMENT AND SERVICES LTD

O R EDUCATION LIMITED

HUNTER GATHERER AHP RESOURCING LIMITED

RESPOND RECRUITMENT LIMITED

Blue Arrow

Castlefield Recruitment Limited

Morgan Hunt

ZUNA BD LTD

Law Morgan Ltd

Evisa Solutions Limited

ADECCO UK LIMITED

1ST EXECUTIVE LIMITED

Portfolio Payroll

CY EXECUTIVE RESOURCING LIMITED

C22 Ltd

Fusion People Limited

PHOENIX RESOURCING SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Eden Brown Ltd

Further Information

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