---
title: "Supply Agency MSP Lion Academy Trust"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Lion Academy Trust"
published: "2026-08-21"
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# Supply Agency MSP Lion Academy Trust

Buyer: Lion Academy Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a2

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## Summary

Lion Academy Trust is procuring a supply agency managed service to provide temporary agency staffing across all schools in the Trust. The requirement covers recruitment and supply of staff through an agency-managed arrangement, rather than a standalone staffing appointment. The buyer is Lion Academy Trust, a public authority based in Leyton. Delivery is across the Trust’s schools, although individual school locations are not identified. The procurement is categorised as services, with the associated classification covering business services including recruitment. It is relevant to staffing agencies, managed service providers and recruitment businesses able to coordinate supply staff across a multi-school education organisation. The arrangement concerns one service lot covering the Trust’s school network and is intended to support staffing needs across that network.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Lion Academy Trust used a selective procedure, with the award made under a framework; the call-off was not competitive. One completed lot was awarded on 21 August 2026 to ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED. The award value is £15,200,000 excluding VAT and £18,240,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030, with a scheduled signature milestone by 1 September 2026. The arrangement is for four years. Its terms allow termination on 30 days’ notice if the Trust’s strategic vision changes. The awarded supplier is an SME. No separate award criteria or weighted evaluation basis is published in the procurement data.

For a supplier that did not win this award, the procurement demonstrates substantial, multi-year demand for agency staffing across a school-trust network. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to recruit and supply temporary education staff at scale, coordinate placements across multiple schools, and operate a managed service rather than simply introduce individual candidates. It would also need the operational capacity to handle the Trust’s staffing requirements consistently across its schools, with processes suitable for public-sector contracting. The selected provider was an SME, indicating that delivery at this scale is not limited to the largest national staffing companies. Experience in recruitment and education staffing would strengthen a competing proposition.

## Notice

To provide supply agency staffing across all of Lion Academy Trust schools. The agreement will be in place for 4 years but it is noted the terms and conditions allow for 30 days termination should the strategic vision of the Trust change during the contracting period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079934-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £15,200,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lion Academy Trust |
| Locality | LEYTON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E10 6EJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest |
| Local authority | Waltham Forest |
| Electoral ward | Forest |
| Westminster constituency | Leyton and Wanstead |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 21 Aug 2026 at 13:38 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079934-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079934-2026
  21st August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-05abb2
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.zeneducate.com/

## Provenance

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