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title: "Temporary and Contingent Labour Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0789bb"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Wokingham Borough Council"
published: "2026-10-16"
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# Temporary and Contingent Labour Services

Buyer: Wokingham Borough Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0789bb

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## Summary

Wokingham Borough Council is considering future temporary and contingent labour services. The intended service category is recruitment and related business services. The council’s market engagement seeks information about potential service delivery models, technology solutions and workforce availability, alongside supplier capability, innovation, implementation approaches and commercial arrangements. The work is associated with Wokingham Borough Council in Wokingham, with delivery identified in South East England. The council says supplier feedback may shape the eventual procurement strategy, specification, contract structure and route to market. This is an early-stage exercise to understand the market and possible requirements, rather than a settled service specification.

The process is at planning: the council has signalled an intention to procure, but this is preliminary market engagement, not an invitation to tender. Suppliers are asked to respond to the engagement questionnaire by 30 October 2026; responses will inform the council’s understanding and may influence its future procurement approach. The anticipated contract period is 1 February 2028 to 1 February 2029, with a possible extension to 1 February 2030. The procurement is organised as one lot. The published planning information gives no expected procedure or contract value, so the service’s final commercial scale and route to market remain unsettled.

This engagement is relevant to recruitment and temporary labour suppliers able to provide contingent workers and advise on workforce availability. Providers with experience developing flexible service delivery models, using recruitment or workforce technology, and implementing labour services for public-sector clients may be well placed to contribute. The council is also seeking insight into innovation and commercial arrangements, so suppliers able to explain practical options and how they could work in a future contract can help shape the requirement. This is a chance to present market capability and inform the specification and contract structure before a formal procurement is developed; the council has not yet set out final eligibility, accreditation or capacity requirements.

## Notice

Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is undertaking preliminary market engagement regarding the future provision of temporary and contingent labour services. The purpose of this exercise is to provide capable suppliers with early visibility of the Council's potential requirements and to gather information on market capability, service delivery models, technology solutions, workforce availability, innovation, implementation approaches and commercial arrangements. Supplier feedback will help inform the Council's understanding of the market and may shape any future procurement strategy, specification, contract structure and route to market.

### Planning Information

Please see the attached questionnaire and respond with your information by 30/10/26
Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is undertaking preliminary market engagement regarding the future provision of temporary and contingent labour services. The purpose of this exercise is to provide capable suppliers with early visibility of the Council's potential requirements and to gather information on market capability, service delivery models, technology solutions, workforce availability, innovation, implementation approaches and commercial arrangements.
Supplier feedback will help inform the Council's understanding of the market and may shape any future procurement strategy, specification, contract structure and route to market.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098051-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2028 - 1 Feb 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Wokingham Borough Council |
| Locality | WOKINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Reading |
| Postcode | RG40 1BN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | Wokingham |
| Electoral ward | Emmbrook |
| Westminster constituency | Wokingham |
| Delivery location | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |

## 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

- 16 Oct 2026 at 15:01 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098051-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098051-2026
  16th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.wokingham.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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