--- title: "Provision of Social Care Workers" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903.json" 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-r6ebe6-0000844903 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844903.json) ## Summary Orkney Islands Council procured agency-provided social care workers for services across Orkney. Staff are to work in home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing, supporting the council’s delivery of care services. This is a social care staffing requirement, rather than a purchase of care facilities or equipment. The award names three providers: MedGen Ltd Scotland, Randstad and Seven Resourcing. The work is delivered in Orkney; the council is based in Kirkwall. The requirement covered one lot and was for agency staff to supplement the workforce across the listed care settings. The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Orkney Islands Council used a limited procedure without publishing a prior call for competition, citing the need to recruit agency staff at short notice to maintain service levels and meet legislative obligations, because staff availability through the Scotland Excel framework was limited. The contract was signed on 5 March 2025 and is valued at £2,666,961. The available award information names MedGen Ltd Scotland, Randstad and Seven Resourcing as suppliers; it does not allocate separate values between them. The single lot was evaluated on price. Three bids were recorded, all from small and medium-sized enterprises. No contract period dates are published in this data. For staffing agencies with the capacity to supply social care workers across multiple service settings, this award demonstrates a requirement for coverage across home care, care homes, supported accommodation and sheltered housing in Orkney. A credible competitor would need to recruit and mobilise suitable workers at short notice, including when availability through an established framework is limited, while sustaining service provision and meeting relevant legislative requirements. The award went to three agencies, and the recorded bids were all from SMEs, indicating that smaller specialist providers competed successfully. Price was the stated basis for evaluation, so suppliers would need to offer competitive agency staffing while maintaining the capacity to cover the council’s diverse care services across the islands. ## 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=OCT566095 | | 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 | £2,666,961 | ## 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 | MedGen Ltd Scotland; Randstad; 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=OCT566095 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566095 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-r6ebe6-0000844903 - https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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