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Published 15 Dec 2025, 18:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£5,340,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Matrix SCM

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers for a contract period of 15 weeks.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
79600000 Recruitment services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Dec 2025, 18:26 GMT
Last source update
31 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-086564
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f624 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

The contracting authority has made a direct award under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 for a short-term extension of the incumbent services contract. This extension, for approximately 15 weeks, is required to maintain continuity of critical services while a new supplier-appointed through a compliant procurement process completes mobilisation. The additional services do not substantially alter the scope of the

original contract and are necessary to avoid service disruption. Running a separate competition for this short period would be disproportionate and risk operational failure.

Section 42 (life or death/extreme urgency) is not relied upon; the justification is based on the need for additional services from the existing supplier without substantial change.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends307 days ago
    24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published300 days ago
    31 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Dec 2025, 18:26 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Dec 2025, 19:07 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    25 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    31 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,340,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Matrix SCM25 Dec 2025 – 5 Apr 2026£5,340,00023 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Matrix SCM

    Signed
    25 Dec 2025
    Value
    £5,340,000
    Period
    25 Dec 2025 – 5 Apr 2026
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Although the original contract includes internal Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), it was awarded under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), under which the publication of KPIs was not a mandatory requirement. As a result, KPIs were developed and used for contract management purposes only and were not structured or recorded in a format intended for external publication. Performance continues to be effectively managed through the KPIs already embedded within the contract and monitored through established contract management processes.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Hillingdon

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHZZ-4724-NYPH Civic Centre, Uxbridge, London, UB8 1UWContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MATRIX SCM LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02227962GB-PPON: PWYC-3428-NJYN 2nd Floor, Partis House, Milton Keynes, South East, MK5 8HJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Signed contract contractSigned contractDOCXThe contract was originally awarded under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). Under this regulatory framework, there was no mandatory requirement to publish awarded contracts in full.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender