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title: "Supply Staff Forward Education Trust"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077f4b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Forward Education Trust"
published: "2026-10-02"
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# Supply Staff Forward Education Trust

Buyer: Forward Education Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077f4b

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## Summary

Forward Education Trust procured supply agency staffing services for its education provision. The requirement is for recruitment agencies to provide temporary staff across the Trust, rather than a purchase of goods or construction work. The buyer is Forward Education Trust, based in Birmingham, and the service is for delivery in the West Midlands. The work sits within recruitment and staffing services. One lot covers the requirement, with multiple agencies appointed to supply staff. This is relevant to education recruitment firms able to source and provide agency personnel for a multi-site or trust-wide customer. The awarded suppliers include national and regional providers, indicating that both larger agencies and smaller specialist recruiters participated successfully.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective route under a framework, without a competitive call-off. The award date was 1 September 2026. Six suppliers were appointed for the single lot: Teaching Personnel Limited (£850,000); Colmore Education Recruitment Ltd (£152,000); Vision for Education (£120,000); Tradewind Recruitment Ltd (£120,000); Aspire People Limited (£20,000); and Zen Educate Limited (£20,000). These are individual award values and should not be treated as a combined contract value. Each contract is scheduled to run from 2 October 2026 to 31 August 2030, with possible extensions to 31 August 2034. Extensions depend on the framework successfully reopening in each of the first four years. No evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements are recorded.

This award demonstrates recurring demand from Forward Education Trust for agencies able to supply temporary staff to education settings across the West Midlands. Suppliers competing for a similar requirement would need an established recruitment operation, access to a suitable pool of education personnel, and the capacity to service a trust-wide staffing requirement. The appointments show that the buyer used a framework route and selected several providers, including both larger agencies and small and medium-sized firms. A credible competitor would therefore need to be able to operate within a framework arrangement and deliver reliably at a scale consistent with its share of the requirement. The published awards provide examples of the different sizes of supplier that secured places; they do not set out specific qualifications, accreditations or experience thresholds.

## Notice

supplier to provide supply agency staff services across Forward Education Trust

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093146-2026 |
| 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 | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Oct 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,142,000 |
| 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 | Forward Education Trust |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B33 9UH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Glebe Farm & Tile Cross |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 6 |
| Supplier names | TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED; Colmore Education Recruitment Ltd; VISION FOR EDUCATION; TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT LTD; ASPIRE PEOPLE LIMITED; 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

- 2 Oct 2026 at 09:54 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093146-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093146-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.aspirepeople.co.uk
- http://www.teachingpersonnel.com
- http://www.visionforeducation.co.uk
- https://colmore-education.com/
- 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.twrecruitment.com/
- https://www.zeneducate.com/

## Provenance

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