Notice Information
Notice Title
Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers
Notice Description
Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers for a contract period of 15 weeks.
Procurement Information
The contracting authority has made a direct award under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 for a short-term extension of the incumbent services contract. This extension, for approximately 15 weeks, is required to maintain continuity of critical services while a new supplier-appointed through a compliant procurement process completes mobilisation. The additional services do not substantially alter the scope of the original contract and are necessary to avoid service disruption. Running a separate competition for this short period would be disproportionate and risk operational failure. Section 42 (life or death/extreme urgency) is not relied upon; the justification is based on the need for additional services from the existing supplier without substantial change.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f624
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086564-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £5,340,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £5,340,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Dec 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 25 Dec 2025 - 5 Apr 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- UXBRIDGE
- Postcode
- UB8 1UW
- Post Town
- Southall
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Hillingdon
- Electoral Ward
- Uxbridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086564-2025
31st December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083085-2025
15th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083078-2025
15th December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-9654
The contract was originally awarded under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). Under this regulatory framework, there was no mandatory requirement to publish awarded contracts in full.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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