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title: "Agency Staff"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-05-02"
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# Agency Staff

Buyer: SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-65747cbb-6bf0-46e5-973b-f2ba2a354722

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## Summary

Sunderland City Council has successfully awarded a contract for the provision of agency staff under the title "Agency Staff," aimed at supplying personnel, including temporary staff, in the North East region of the United Kingdom. The procurement process was conducted as a call-off from a framework agreement using a selective method. The tendering phase concluded on 21st November 2024, with the award made on 4th February 2025. The contract, valued at £8,000,000, will commence on 1st May 2025 and will run until 30th April 2030. The process falls under the services category within the CPV classification 79620000.

This procurement presents considerable opportunities for businesses specialising in personnel supply services, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of delivering temporary staffing solutions. Given the contract's substantial value and extended duration, it offers a significant growth opportunity for the awarded supplier, Comensura, and highlights the viability of SMEs in securing large public sector contracts. Companies with strengths in flexible staffing solutions and regional service delivery in England would have been well-suited to compete for this opportunity.

## Notice

Provision of Agency Staff

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7dba06f-5b98-4376-91ff-a3c02e81c5f1 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Nov 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Apr 2025 - 30 Apr 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £8,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £8,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SUNDERLAND |
| Post town | Sunderland |
| Postcode | SR1 3AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC44 Sunderland |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Electoral ward | Millfield |
| Westminster constituency | Sunderland Central |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | COMENSURA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 2 May 2025 at 08:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7dba06f-5b98-4376-91ff-a3c02e81c5f1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7dba06f-5b98-4376-91ff-a3c02e81c5f1
  2nd May 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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