Notice Information
Notice Title
Award of CT1446 Agency, Fixed Term and Permanent Resources 2025
Notice Description
The City of Edinburgh Council's (the Council) Human Resources (HR) team has a recurring requirement to provide temporary agency workers across the Council to support services throughout the year and to provide an additional flexible resource for service areas. Agency workers are also recruited on an ad hoc shift basis or for a specified period of time, normally up to 12 weeks. In terms of Fixed Term and Permanent recruitment, on occasion the Council may seek an external partner to support recruitment to either an individual role or a specific campaign. This contract will provide the Council with external support for the next four years and will be manged by HR for all service areas and departments.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000776858
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB523561
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £70,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Nov 20294 years to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Not Specified
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)
- Contact Name
- Business Support, Commercial and Procurement Services, Education and Child Services, Estates, Housing & Property, Place Service Cluster, Procurement, Procurement - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Procurement Services, Property Estates & Programmes, Purchasing, Roads, Scottish Government
- Contact Email
- alistair.bloxham@dumgal.gov.uk, mark.frater@sasa.gov.scot, martin.gallagher3@nhs.scot, nathan.mackie@highland.gov.uk, nicole.sherry@edinburgh.gov.uk, procurement@moray.gov.uk, robertsonfe@angus.gov.uk, sheila.ferguson2@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1313145542, +44 1343563137, +44 1412015388, +44 1698752649, +44 1738475000, +44 3000676000, +44 3001230900, +44 3451550000, +44 3452777778, +44 412425466, +44 7586570421, +441786466288, 0, 01312448890, 01463 702696, 07920061920
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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"description": "The City of Edinburgh Council's (the Council) Human Resources (HR) team has a recurring requirement to provide temporary agency workers across the Council to support services throughout the year and to provide an additional flexible resource for service areas. Agency workers are also recruited on an ad hoc shift basis or for a specified period of time, normally up to 12 weeks. In terms of Fixed Term and Permanent recruitment, on occasion the Council may seek an external partner to support recruitment to either an individual role or a specific campaign. This contract will provide the Council with external support for the next four years and will be manged by HR for all service areas and departments."
}
]
}
],
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{
"id": "awd-1",
"awardID": "awd-1",
"status": "active"
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"id": "1",
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"value": 2
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"noticetype": "PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award"
}