Official UK procurement notice
Boston Borough Council, East Lindsey District Council and South Holland District Council Invitation to Tender Recruitment Agency – Framework Agreement
Authority: PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSouth Holland District Council, Boston Borough Council and East Lindsey District Council have formed an innovative partnership delivering services across the sub-region. This framework seeks to identify efficiencies in recruitment agency services for its operational services. The Councils are inviting tenders for a multiple-supplier framework agreement, for the provision of Recruitment Agency services for Waste Services, Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance, as well as occasionally Technical and Administrative roles, such as Waste and Transport managers.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Placement services of personnel · Recruitment services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Refuse transport services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2025, N/A
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published valueLot #1South Holland District CouncilRenewalPublished value£1,300,000
South Holland District Council seeks agency staff to cover holiday and sickness absences for the following teams:
- Refuse
- Recycling
- Garden Waste
- Street Cleansing
- Grounds MaintenanceRoles Needed
- HGV Drivers (Category C)
- General OperativesFlexibility: Staff should ideally be flexible to work across any of the above services.Agency Spend: In the fiscal year 2023/24, the agency spend for these services was £1,392,374.85.Depot Locations: Operatives will be based at one of the following depots, as directed:
- West Marsh Road, Spalding
- Bervor Close, Wardentree Park, SpaldingContract Value: Due to a major recruitment campaign, the estimated value of the contract for 2024/25 is £328,000.
Lot #2Boston Borough CouncilRenewalPublished value£100,000
Boston Borough Council seeks agency staff for the following roles:
- Refuse Drivers (Category C)
- Street scene Operatives
- Grounds Maintenance Operatives
- Refuse OperativesAgency Spend: In the fiscal year 2023/24, the Council spent £102,831.90 on these services.Depot Location: Staff will be based at the Council’s depot on St Johns Road in Boston.Purpose: The agency staff are required to:
- Backfill vacancies
- Provide temporary cover
- Meet additional resource requirements
- Cover sickness absences
Lot #3East Lindsey District CouncilRenewalPublished value£650,000
East Lindsey District Council seeks agency staff for the following roles:
- Refuse freighter drivers (Category C)
- Waste Collection Operatives
- Market Stall Erectors
- Operative for Grounds and Street MaintenanceAgency Spend: In the fiscal year 2023/24, the Council spent a total of £655,000 on these services, this includes £300,000 on Waste Collection Operatives and £355,000 on Grounds Maintenance Operatives.Staff Locations: All refuse and market staff are based in Louth. Grounds maintenance staff can be based in Louth, Mablethorpe, and Skegness, with 66% of the expenditure in Skegness.Purpose: The agency expenditure covers vacancy management and sickness absence.Additional Requirements: Occasionally, the councils require agency supply for:
- Technical and administrative employees in waste and neighbourhood services
- Professional employees, such as waste managers and transport managers
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Boston Borough Council, East Lindsey District Council and South…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Nov 2024, 15:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2024, 15:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
PSPS000091- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036141- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b4c5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 Jan 2025, 08:30 GMT
Timeline
7 Nov 2024 → 7 Apr 2025 · 5 dates- Notice published7 Nov 2024, 15:34 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened8 Jan 2025, 08:30 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until7 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria