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title: "Award of SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services - Senior HR Business Partner"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000837840"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)"
published: "2026-08-10"
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# Award of SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services - Senior HR Business Partner

Buyer: Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000837840

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## Summary

The Care Inspectorate procured interim professional staffing for a Senior HR Business Partner. The requirement is for a suitably experienced HR professional to provide temporary senior-level business partnering support to the organisation. This is a personnel supply service, classified under CPV 79620000. The buying organisation is Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, commonly known as the Care Inspectorate, based in Dundee. The service is delivered for the Care Inspectorate rather than for a wider group of Scottish public bodies. The procurement concerns one interim professional staff appointment, so it is most relevant to specialist recruitment agencies, interim management providers and HR consultancy businesses able to supply senior HR business partner resource.

This procurement has been awarded: Harvey Nash Limited was selected to provide the interim Senior HR Business Partner. The award value is £64,940, excluding any amount not stated in the procurement data. The assignment starts on 17 August 2026 and runs to 16 February 2027, with an option to extend once for a further three months. The contract is recorded as active and was signed on 8 October 2026. The appointment was made through the Scottish Government’s SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services Framework, using a quick-quote award route. Four bids were recorded. The published outcome identifies a single appointment and does not break the requirement into lots.

For a future requirement of this type, credible suppliers would need to provide an experienced interim Senior HR Business Partner who can work at senior level within a Scottish public-sector regulatory organisation. Relevant businesses include recruitment agencies specialising in interim professional staff, HR consultancies with deployable business partner specialists, and framework suppliers able to respond through public-sector call-off or quick-quote arrangements. The scale indicates a focused individual assignment rather than a large managed service, so suppliers need reliable access to an appropriately qualified person, efficient mobilisation and the capacity to support the full engagement, including any agreed extension. Experience supplying temporary senior HR professionals to public bodies would strengthen a competing offer.

## Notice

The Care Inspectorate has appointed an Interim Senior HR Business Partner via the Scottish Governments Interim Professional Staff Services Framework SP-22-001.Commencing 17 August 2026 till 16 February 2027 with an option to extend for one (1) x three (3) months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561963 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £64,940 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate) |
| Additional buyers | Angus Council; Clackmannanshire Council; Environmental Standards Scotland; Falkirk Council; Forestry and Land Scotland; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; NHS Tayside; Perth & Kinross Council; Public Health Scotland; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Government; Social Security Scotland |
| Locality | ALLOA |
| Postcode area | Dundee |
| Postcode | DD1 4NY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM03 Angus and Dundee City |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Dundee Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 23 |
| Supplier names | AECOM Limited; Access UK Ltd; Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited; Auto Services Perth Ltd; BT PLC; Brownriggs; ESRI (UK); ForgeFront; Form by Thought Ltd; Fothergill Training & Consulting; Fraser of Allander, University of Strathclyde; Harvey Nash Limited; Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd; Montagu Evans LLP; Nova Biomedical; Playscapes Scotland Ltd; Quo Imus Limited (trading as Qi Consulting); Softcat Plc; TSJ DataTec Ltd; The Media Shop Scotland Ltd; Venesky Brown Ltd; WESTEND FLOORING SPECIALISTS LTD; YNG Media Group Ltd operating as Speakeasy Productions |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2026 at 13:22 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561963

## Notice URLs

- http://www.angus.gov.uk/
- http://www.careinspectorate.gov.scot
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
- http://www.forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://www.nhsggc.scot/about-us/procurement/
- http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://publichealthscotland.scot/
- https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/

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