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Provision of Agency Staff ( Managed Service)

Cleveland Fire Authority

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20 Jul 2026 at 09:00

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Summary of the contracting process

Cleveland Fire Authority procured a managed service for agency staff, covering the supply and administration of temporary personnel. The requirement is a service rather than the direct purchase of goods or construction works. Delivery covered the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West of England. The buying organisation is Cleveland Fire Authority, based in Hartlepool. The service was arranged through a regional public-sector staffing requirement, with the scope applying across the stated English regions. Businesses relevant to this requirement include managed staffing providers, temporary labour agencies and workforce service companies able to coordinate agency personnel across a broad geographical area.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, using the NEPO framework. The sole award was made to Comensura, and the active contract value is £140,000. The contract was signed on 1 May 2025. The award is recorded as active and the contract as active. The requirement was assessed on price. One bid was recorded for the lot. The procurement covered one lot for a managed service for agency staff; that lot is recorded as cancelled, while the award and contract are active. The arrangement falls under the Government Procurement Agreement and was awarded outside the scope of the relevant directive under the stated framework rationale.

This procurement demonstrates demand from a fire authority for an end-to-end managed agency staffing service covering multiple English regions. The selected supplier was Comensura, an SME, showing that the requirement can be delivered by a specialist workforce intermediary rather than only by a large national corporate. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to provide temporary personnel through a structured managed service, coordinate staffing activity across a wide geography and operate effectively within a public-sector framework route. The evaluation was based on price, so suppliers would need disciplined cost control and a competitive commercial model. Experience supplying agency or temporary staff and managing a distributed client requirement would be directly relevant.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Agency Staff ( Managed Service)

Notice Description

Managed Service for Agency Staff

Procurement Information

Awarded via NEPO framework

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce68
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068047-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£140,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cleveland Fire Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HARTLEPOOL
Postcode
TS25 5TH
Postcode Area
Cleveland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC3 Tees Valley
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Hartlepool
Electoral Ward
Fens & Greatham
Westminster Constituency
Hartlepool

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Comensura Limited

Further Information

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