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Provision of Social Care Workers

Orkney Islands Council

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06 Oct 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Orkney Islands Council procured agency-provided social care workers for services across Orkney. Staff are to work in home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing, supporting the council’s delivery of care services. This is a social care staffing requirement, rather than a purchase of care facilities or equipment. The award names three providers: MedGen Ltd Scotland, Randstad and Seven Resourcing. The work is delivered in Orkney; the council is based in Kirkwall. The requirement covered one lot and was for agency staff to supplement the workforce across the listed care settings.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Orkney Islands Council used a limited procedure without publishing a prior call for competition, citing the need to recruit agency staff at short notice to maintain service levels and meet legislative obligations, because staff availability through the Scotland Excel framework was limited. The contract was signed on 5 March 2025 and is valued at £2,666,961. The available award information names MedGen Ltd Scotland, Randstad and Seven Resourcing as suppliers; it does not allocate separate values between them. The single lot was evaluated on price. Three bids were recorded, all from small and medium-sized enterprises. No contract period dates are published in this data.

For staffing agencies with the capacity to supply social care workers across multiple service settings, this award demonstrates a requirement for coverage across home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing in Orkney. A credible competitor would need to recruit and mobilise suitable workers at short notice, including when availability through an established framework is limited, while sustaining service provision and meeting relevant legislative requirements. The award went to three agencies, and the recorded bids were all from SMEs, indicating that smaller specialist providers competed successfully. Price was the stated basis for evaluation, so suppliers would need to offer competitive agency staffing while maintaining the capacity to cover the council’s diverse care services across the islands.

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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-r6ebe6-0000844903
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566095
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 2026Yesterday
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
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
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

Notice Documents

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