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RKLT Supply Staff

Red Kite Learning Trust

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

07 Sep 2026 at 12:19

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

14 Jul 2026 at 14:36

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Red Kite Learning Trust procured supply agency staff services across its schools and other trust operations. The requirement covers the provision and management of temporary supply staff, with the stated purpose of meeting staffing needs across the trust. The buying organisation is Red Kite Learning Trust, based in Harrogate. Delivery is across the trust in the United Kingdom. This is a service procurement, within the broad business-services and recruitment category. The procurement was organised as a single lot and relates specifically to supplying staff through an agency arrangement. It would be relevant to workforce, education staffing and recruitment businesses able to provide agency personnel and manage supply arrangements for a multi-site education trust.

The procurement is complete and awarded. Red Kite Learning Trust selected Affinity Workforce Solutions Limited on 13 July 2026 through a selective procedure, using an award under a framework; the call-off was non-competitive. The contract was signed on 10 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029, with an option to extend to 31 August 2031, making the possible term five years. The awarded value is £3.5 million excluding VAT, or £4.2 million including VAT. One supplier received the award for the single lot. The published data identifies the requirement as above the relevant threshold. The award basis is the framework arrangement rather than a separately stated competitive evaluation.

This award demonstrates substantial, recurring demand from Red Kite Learning Trust for agency staffing delivered across a multi-site education organisation. A credible future competitor would need an established supply-agency operation, access to a dependable pool of temporary staff and the ability to respond to changing staffing requirements across the trust. Strong workforce planning, rapid placement, candidate screening, compliance administration and ongoing account management would be commercially relevant capabilities. Suppliers should also be able to manage a sizeable public-sector staffing relationship over several years and operate through the type of framework route used for this award. Experience serving schools, academy trusts or similarly distributed organisations would help demonstrate understanding of education staffing pressures, service continuity and the operational coordination required across multiple locations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

RKLT Supply Staff

Notice Description

Supplier to provide supply agency staff services across RKLT.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06caeb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084348-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
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

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£3,500,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£3,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 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
Red Kite Learning Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
HARROGATE
Postcode
HG2 9PH
Postcode Area
Harrogate
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE22 North Yorkshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
North Yorkshire
Electoral Ward
Harlow & St. Georges
Westminster Constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AFFINITY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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