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Award of SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services - Senior HR Business Partner

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)

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10 Aug 2026 at 13:22

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

The Care Inspectorate procured interim professional staffing for a Senior HR Business Partner. The requirement is for a suitably experienced HR professional to provide temporary senior-level business partnering support to the organisation. This is a personnel supply service, classified under CPV 79620000. The buying organisation is Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, commonly known as the Care Inspectorate, based in Dundee. The service is delivered for the Care Inspectorate rather than for a wider group of Scottish public bodies. The procurement concerns one interim professional staff appointment, so it is most relevant to specialist recruitment agencies, interim management providers and HR consultancy businesses able to supply senior HR business partner resource.

This procurement has been awarded: Harvey Nash Limited was selected to provide the interim Senior HR Business Partner. The award value is £64,940, excluding any amount not stated in the procurement data. The assignment starts on 17 August 2026 and runs to 16 February 2027, with an option to extend once for a further three months. The contract is recorded as active and was signed on 8 October 2026. The appointment was made through the Scottish Government’s SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services Framework, using a quick-quote award route. Four bids were recorded. The published outcome identifies a single appointment and does not break the requirement into lots.

For a future requirement of this type, credible suppliers would need to provide an experienced interim Senior HR Business Partner who can work at senior level within a Scottish public-sector regulatory organisation. Relevant businesses include recruitment agencies specialising in interim professional staff, HR consultancies with deployable business partner specialists, and framework suppliers able to respond through public-sector call-off or quick-quote arrangements. The scale indicates a focused individual assignment rather than a large managed service, so suppliers need reliable access to an appropriately qualified person, efficient mobilisation and the capacity to support the full engagement, including any agreed extension. Experience supplying temporary senior HR professionals to public bodies would strengthen a competing offer.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services - Senior HR Business Partner

Notice Description

The Care Inspectorate has appointed an Interim Senior HR Business Partner via the Scottish Governments Interim Professional Staff Services Framework SP-22-001.Commencing 17 August 2026 till 16 February 2027 with an option to extend for one (1) x three (3) months.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000837840
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561963
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
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
£64,940 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Aug 20262 weeks 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
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)
Additional Buyers

Angus Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Environmental Standards Scotland

Falkirk Council

Forestry and Land Scotland

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Tayside

Perth & Kinross Council

Public Health Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Government

Social Security Scotland

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ALLOA
Postcode
DD1 4NY
Postcode Area
Dundee
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Dundee City
Electoral Ward
West End
Westminster Constituency
Dundee Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
23
Supplier Names

AECOM Limited

Access UK Ltd

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited

Auto Services Perth Ltd

BT PLC

Brownriggs

ESRI (UK)

ForgeFront

Form by Thought Ltd

Fothergill Training & Consulting

Fraser of Allander, University of Strathclyde

Harvey Nash Limited

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

Montagu Evans LLP

Nova Biomedical

Playscapes Scotland Ltd

Quo Imus Limited (trading as Qi Consulting)

Softcat Plc

TSJ DataTec Ltd

The Media Shop Scotland Ltd

Venesky Brown Ltd

WESTEND FLOORING SPECIALISTS LTD

YNG Media Group Ltd operating as Speakeasy Productions

Further Information

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