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Provision of Social Care Workers

Orkney Islands Council

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06 Oct 2026 at 15:56

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Summary of the contracting process

Orkney Islands Council procured agency social care workers to support services across Orkney. Workers were intended for home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing. This is a social care staffing requirement, including day-care-related provision, delivered in Orkney. The procurement was arranged to maintain service levels and meet legislative requirements when additional staff were needed at short notice. It covered agency-provided workers across the listed care settings rather than a single facility or service location.

The procurement is complete and the council awarded the contract to MedGen Ltd Scotland, Randstad and Seven Resourcing. The contract is active and was signed on 5 March 2025, with a recorded value of £2,666,961. The process used a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition notice, justified by extreme urgency. The stated reason was the need to recruit additional agency staff at short notice because the available workforce through the existing Scotland Excel framework was limited. There was one lot, but it is marked cancelled; the award and active contract are nevertheless recorded against it. Price was the stated award criterion. Three bids were received, all from small and medium-sized enterprises.

This contract shows demand from Orkney Islands Council for agency social care workers across home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing. A credible future competitor would need to recruit and supply suitable care staff at short notice, with enough workforce capacity to cover services across Orkney despite local availability constraints. Suppliers should be able to support continuity of care and the council’s legislative obligations across multiple care settings, rather than only provide staff for one site. The award of all three recorded bids to small and medium-sized enterprises indicates that smaller staffing businesses competed in this procurement. The council used an urgent route outside its existing framework, so the ability to mobilise quickly and reliably would be commercially relevant if a comparable requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Social Care Workers

Notice Description

Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney.

Procurement Information

In order to maintain the levels of service provision across the services and comply with legislation additional social care workers have been recruited via Agencies at short notice. The Scotland Excel framework does provide social care workers to Orkney however due to the limited availability of staff available the Authority has a continuing to recruit additional agency staff at short notice outwith the framework., whilst adhering to the Contract Standing Orders governance procedures.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781f3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094399-2026
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

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

85312100 - Daycare services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,666,961 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Oct 2026Today
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
Orkney Islands Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
KIRKWALL
Postcode
KW15 1NY
Postcode Area
Kirkwall
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM2 Highlands and Islands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM20 Highlands and Islands
Delivery Location
TLM65 Orkney Islands
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward
Kirkwall East
Westminster Constituency
Orkney and Shetland

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

MedGen Ltd Scotland

Randstad

Seven Resourcing Limited

Further Information

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