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Provision of Social Care Workers

Orkney Islands Council

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06 Oct 2026 at 15:58

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Summary of the contracting process

Orkney Islands Council procured agency social care workers to support homecare, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing services across Orkney. The requirement was for workers to be supplied through agencies, helping maintain service provision and meet legal obligations. This is social care staffing and related day-care support, rather than a purchase of care facilities or general recruitment services. The council is based in Kirkwall, and the work is delivered across Orkney.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Randstad, MedGen Ltd Scotland and Seven Resourcing. The council used a limited procedure without a prior call for competition, citing extreme urgency: it needed additional agency staff at short notice because of limited staff availability through the Scotland Excel framework. The award was made on price. The contract was signed on 5 March 2025 and is active, with a value of £2,606,725. The process was arranged as one lot, although that lot is recorded as cancelled; the award and active contract are separately recorded. Three bids were received.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible suppliers will need to source and provide social care workers quickly across remote island services, with the capacity to cover homecare, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing. The council’s stated priority was maintaining service levels and meeting legal requirements despite a shortage of available staff through its existing framework, so a supplier able to mobilise agency workers at short notice would be well placed. Competing providers should be able to demonstrate dependable workforce availability across these service settings and price competitively, since price was the recorded award basis. The selected suppliers include small and medium-sized businesses, showing that the scale of this agency staffing requirement was served by multiple providers rather than a single supplier.

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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-0781f4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094400-2026
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
£2,606,725 £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

Randstad

MedGen Ltd Scotland

Seven Resourcing Limited

Further Information

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