--- title: "CO0096 Temporary and Permanent Work Supply Chain" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2021-10-12" --- # CO0096 Temporary and Permanent Work Supply Chain Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0897db3f-e902-41c1-baf5-7238faaa18ba.json) ## Summary The Essex County Council is initiating a tender for the "CO0096 Temporary and Permanent Work Supply Chain," focused on supply services of personnel, including temporary staff. The procurement process is currently at the tender stage, with submissions due by 10 November 2021. The contract will commence on 24 November 2021, extending for four years until 23 November 2025, and has a total estimated value of £16,000,000. The services required will be located in the region of England, United Kingdom, and the procurement will follow a selective method under a restricted procedure. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in workforce management, particularly recruitment agencies that can provide compliant temporary and permanent staff through various contractual arrangements. Agencies that can efficiently manage payroll and billing processes using integrated technology solutions will be particularly well-suited to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to apply, as the procurement is open to applicants capable of adapting to the dynamic needs of Essex County Council and its partner organisations. ## Notice The purpose of this tender is to install a direct supply chain for temporary and permanent hires, where the contractual arrangement will be held between ECC and the agency supplier. Agency suppliers will be required to use our partners (Matrix SCM) time and billing technology when temporary staff are placed (permanent hires can be invoiced directly to the council). We are looking to partner with agency suppliers who can own the contractual engagement of our temporary workforce. Weekly payroll activity such as timesheet, and billing will be managed by our service provider Matrix SCM. The agency supplier will pay their temporary workers directly, upon approved timesheets in the mentioned technology platform. ECC attract workers across all worker categories and types directly in the first instance and then the roles we require support with will be released to our supply chain of third-party agencies. Suppliers will need to provide an adaptive, legally compliant service and use ECC technology platforms to upload CV's for consideration and our partners technology to manager timesheet, payroll and billing. For temporary hires we require agency contractually engage our temporary workers, contracting such workers to deliver services in the following ways: * PAYE hourly rate contract for services * PAYE daily rate contract for services * Ltd Company hourly rate contract for services * Ltd Company daily rate contract for services * Statement of work arrangements whereby temporary services are only paid upon deliverable milestones not time worked, both PAYE and Ltd Company * Pay per assessment arrangements whereby temporary services are only paid upon deliverable assessments not time worked, both PAYE and Ltd Company * Umbrella arrangements via compliant umbrella companies (only FCSA compliant umbrella organisation may be used). * Able to adapt and deliver to emerging working arrangement in the talent marketplace Agency suppliers must also allow ECC to place temporary workers found via third party agencies on to the timesheet and billing technology platform provided by our partner, which is fully integrated with the Councils existing P2P solution. Whilst the third-party recruitment agency will be responsible for the contractual engagement of the worker for agency sourced hires. ECC also supports partner Essex Public Sector organisations with their temporary recruitment, such as Unitary, Borough and District Councils, subsidiaries, LATVs and LATCs, County council and local councils: What we do and what we don't - Essex County Council. ECC will manage the recruitment and billing process on behalf of those organisations. There is the expectation that agency utilisation may increase. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a62bcce7-1801-461f-a0ea-47ae1351412d | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Oct 2021 | | Submission deadline | 10 Nov 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 24 Nov 2021 - 23 Nov 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £16,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff ## Release History - 12 Oct 2021 at 14:53 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a62bcce7-1801-461f-a0ea-47ae1351412d ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a62bcce7-1801-461f-a0ea-47ae1351412d 12th October 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.essex.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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