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Supply Staff Forward Education Trust

Forward Education Trust

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02 Oct 2026 at 09:54

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Forward Education Trust procured supply agency staffing services for its education provision. The requirement is for recruitment agencies to provide temporary staff across the Trust, rather than a purchase of goods or construction work. The buyer is Forward Education Trust, based in Birmingham, and the service is for delivery in the West Midlands. The work sits within recruitment and staffing services. One lot covers the requirement, with multiple agencies appointed to supply staff. This is relevant to education recruitment firms able to source and provide agency personnel for a multi-site or trust-wide customer. The awarded suppliers include national and regional providers, indicating that both larger agencies and smaller specialist recruiters participated successfully.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective route under a framework, without a competitive call-off. The award date was 1 September 2026. Six suppliers were appointed for the single lot: Teaching Personnel Limited (£850,000); Colmore Education Recruitment Ltd (£152,000); Vision for Education (£120,000); Tradewind Recruitment Ltd (£120,000); Aspire People Limited (£20,000); and Zen Educate Limited (£20,000). These are individual award values and should not be treated as a combined contract value. Each contract is scheduled to run from 2 October 2026 to 31 August 2030, with possible extensions to 31 August 2034. Extensions depend on the framework successfully reopening in each of the first four years. No evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements are recorded.

This award demonstrates recurring demand from Forward Education Trust for agencies able to supply temporary staff to education settings across the West Midlands. Suppliers competing for a similar requirement would need an established recruitment operation, access to a suitable pool of education personnel, and the capacity to service a trust-wide staffing requirement. The appointments show that the buyer used a framework route and selected several providers, including both larger agencies and small and medium-sized firms. A credible competitor would therefore need to be able to operate within a framework arrangement and deliver reliably at a scale consistent with its share of the requirement. The published awards provide examples of the different sizes of supplier that secured places; they do not set out specific qualifications, accreditations or experience thresholds.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply Staff Forward Education Trust

Notice Description

supplier to provide supply agency staff services across Forward Education Trust

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f4b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093146-2026
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
£1,142,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Sep 20261 months ago
Contract Period
2 Oct 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 3-4 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
Forward Education Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B33 9UH
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Glebe Farm & Tile Cross
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
6
Supplier Names

TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED

Colmore Education Recruitment Ltd

VISION FOR EDUCATION

TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT LTD

ASPIRE PEOPLE LIMITED

ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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