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title: "Provision of Social Care Workers"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000829920"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Orkney Islands Council"
published: "2026-10-06"
---

# Provision of Social Care Workers

Buyer: Orkney Islands Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000829920

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## Summary

Orkney Islands Council procured agency social care workers to support its Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing services across Orkney. The requirement covers staffing supplied through agencies to work within these services, rather than a stated package of care delivered by one provider. This is social care staffing and social work services (CPV 85312100). The council’s stated reason was to maintain service levels and meet legislative requirements when additional workers were needed at short notice. The work is based in Orkney. Three agencies—Randstad, MedGen Ltd Scotland and Seven Resourcing—were selected to supply workers for the requirement.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Randstad, MedGen Ltd Scotland and Seven Resourcing for the single requirement. The active contract was signed on 5 March 2025 and has a stated value of £2,606,725. The contract period is not recorded in the available process details. The council used a limited procedure without publishing a prior competition, citing the urgent need to recruit agency staff at short notice, continuing limited staff availability through the Scotland Excel framework, and the need to maintain services and comply with legislation while following its governance procedures. The award basis was price. Three bids were recorded. The requirement was not divided into separate lots.

For agencies specialising in social care recruitment, this award demonstrates demand from Orkney Islands Council for workers across homecare, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing. A credible competitor would need to recruit and supply social care staff at short notice, with enough reach to serve several types of care setting in Orkney and help the council maintain service levels and meet its legal obligations. The stated rationale also indicates that the existing framework route did not provide enough available staff for the requirement, so a supplier’s ability to access additional workforce capacity would be commercially relevant. The three selected providers show that the requirement was shared among multiple agencies. Price was the stated award basis, making competitive pricing important alongside the ability to provide the required staff.

## Notice

Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney.

### Procurement Information

In order to maintain the levels of service provision across the services and comply with legislation additional social care workers have been recruited via Agencies at short notice. The Scotland Excel framework does provide social care workers to Orkney however due to the limited availability of staff available the Authority has a continuing to recruit additional agency staff at short notice outwith the framework., whilst adhering to the Contract Standing Orders governance procedures.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566094 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,606,725 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Orkney Islands Council |
| Locality | KIRKWALL |
| Postcode area | Kirkwall |
| Postcode | KW15 1NY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Orkney Islands |
| Electoral ward | Kirkwall East |
| Westminster constituency | Orkney and Shetland |
| Delivery location | TLM65 Orkney Islands |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | Randstad; MedGen Ltd Scotland; Seven Resourcing Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85312100 - Daycare services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566094

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566094
  Provision of Social Care Workers - Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.orkney.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000829920
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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