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Supply Staff Meridian Trust

Meridian Trust

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05 Aug 2026 at 15:34

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

16 Jul 2026 at 15:33

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Meridian Trust procured supply agency staff services for its schools and other establishments. The requirement covers the sourcing and provision of temporary staff through recruitment agencies, including education staffing. The buying organisation is Meridian Trust, based in Huntingdon. Delivery is across the East Midlands and East of England, covering the areas represented by the published delivery locations. The procurement is classified as business services, including recruitment (CPV 79000000). It was arranged as a single-lot requirement under an existing framework, with multiple agencies appointed to provide staff. This suits recruitment businesses and education staffing specialists able to supply suitable temporary personnel across a geographically distributed trust, rather than providers of permanent staffing alone or unrelated school services.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective procedure as a non-competitive call-off under a framework. Awards were made on 16 June 2026, followed by active contracts running from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030. Eleven awards were made: Aspire People £290,000; Choice Teachers (South) £100,000; Empowering Learning £165,000; Protocol Education £10,000; Randstad Solutions £155,000; Reed Specialist Recruitment £835,000; Teaching Personnel £1,255,000; Teaching Tomorrow £245,000; Tempest Restoration and Tempest Resourcing jointly £115,000; Tradewind Recruitment £20,000; and Vision for Education £2,310,000. Values are stated excluding VAT, with gross values also published. Contracts were signed between 17 July and 4 August 2026. Performance metrics cover response times.

This award demonstrates established demand from Meridian Trust for agency-supplied temporary staff across the East Midlands and East of England, delivered through a multi-supplier framework route. A credible future competitor would need an established recruitment operation, access to a dependable pool of education or other temporary workers, and the capacity to respond quickly to staffing requests across more than one area. The appointed supplier mix shows that both specialist small and medium-sized agencies and larger national recruitment businesses can participate, provided they can meet the trust’s operational requirements. The range of awarded values indicates scope for suppliers with different delivery capacities, from lower-volume regional provision to substantial, high-throughput staffing operations. Consistent response-time performance would be commercially important.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply Staff Meridian Trust

Notice Description

Supplier to provide supply agency staff services across Meridian Trust

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd22
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074315-2026
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, SME

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
£5,500,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£5,490,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Aug 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Jun 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 4-5 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
Meridian Trust
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE28 5TQ
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
Sawtry
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
12
Supplier Names

ASPIRE PEOPLE LIMITED

CHOICE TEACHERS (SOUTH) LTD

EMPOWERING LEARNING LIMITED

PROTOCOL EDUCATION LIMITED

Randstad Solutions Limited

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED

TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED

TEACHING TOMORROW LTD

TEMPEST RESTORATION LTD

Tempest Resourcing Ltd

TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT LTD

VISION FOR EDUCATION

Further Information

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