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Supply Agency PSL Pele

PELE TRUST

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31 Jul 2026 at 09:22

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

PELE TRUST procured supply agency staffing for all schools in its trust. This is an education recruitment and temporary staffing service, covering the provision of agency personnel to schools across the North East of England. The buyer is PELE TRUST, based at Ponteland High School in Ponteland. The requirement is classified under CPV 79000000, covering business services including recruitment. The arrangement uses several specialist staffing suppliers rather than a single provider: Prospero Group, Humly North East, Zen Educate, Vision for Education, Teaching Personnel and Protocol Education were selected. The work is therefore relevant to education staffing agencies, teacher supply businesses and recruitment platforms with the operational reach to support multiple schools in the trust and provide suitable personnel when required.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective procedure under a framework agreement. The award decision date was 16 July 2026, and the contract period for all six awards runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030. Awards were made separately to Prospero Group (£52,000 net; £62,400 gross), Humly North East (£30,000 net; £36,000 gross), Zen Educate (£52,000 net; £62,400 gross), Vision for Education (£775,000 net; £930,000 gross), Teaching Personnel (£30,000 net; £36,000 gross), and Protocol Education (£8,000 net; £9,600 gross). The procurement comprised one completed lot. The framework award route was not competitive at this stage, and the published data does not set out separate evaluation criteria.

For a supplier that did not win, this award demonstrates sustained demand from a multi-school education trust for agency staffing delivered through a framework and shared among several providers. The successful supplier group includes large national education recruitment businesses and smaller or regional providers, showing that the requirement can support different operating models where they can fulfil the trust’s staffing needs. A credible future competitor would need established education recruitment capability, access to a dependable pool of teaching or school-support personnel, and the systems and responsiveness to manage placements across multiple schools. Regional presence in the North East may be useful, while national reach can support scale. Experience supplying schools and coordinating agency workers would be central to competing when this requirement next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply Agency PSL Pele

Notice Description

Provide supply agency staffing across all Pele schools

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d84b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072480-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award 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
£865,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Jul 20262 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
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
PELE TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
PONTELAND
Postcode
NE20 9EG
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC42 Northumberland
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Northumberland
Electoral Ward
Ponteland East & Stannington
Westminster Constituency
Hexham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
6
Supplier Names

Prospero Group Ltd

HUMLY NORTH EAST LIMITED

ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED

VISION FOR EDUCATION

TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED

PROTOCOL EDUCATION LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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