Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Temporary and Permanent Staff TS25
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED (Education)
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of temporary and permanent staff. The purpose of this contract is for the provision of temporary and permanent staff to members and clients of TUCO (Universities, Colleges and the wider Public Sector)
CPV: Staff development services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 20 suppliers · 16 bids on the busiest of 8 lots (0.8 per place) · 18 appointed
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published valueLot #11 Temporary and Permanent Staff MidlandsAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,130,000
Provision of temporary and permanent staff The purpose of this contract is for the provision of temporary and permanent staff tomembers and clients of TUCO (Universities, Colleges and the wider Public Sector) Additional information: Please refer to the documents TUCO Notes to Tenderers and Further Competition documents for further information and guidance on completing all parts of the restricted tender
Lot #22 Temporary and Permanent Staff North East EnglandAwardedRenewalPublished value£10,000
Lot #33 Temporary and Permanent Staff North West EnglandAwardedRenewalPublished value£5,400,000
Lot #44 Temporary and Permanent Staff South East EnglandAwardedRenewalPublished value£8,700,000
Lot #55 Temporary and Permanent Staff South West EnglandAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
Lot #66 Temporary and Permanent Staff WalesAwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
Lot #77 Temporary and Permanent Staff ScotlandAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,900,000
Lot #88 Temporary and Permanent Staff Northern IrelandAwardedRenewalPublished value£90,000
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).
- Suitability
PLease see tender documents
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documents
Minimum: Please see tender documents - Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents
Minimum: Please see tender documents
- “Provision of Temporary and Permanent Staff TS25” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 20 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 14 Feb 2025, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2025, 15:02 GMT
- Authority reference
PFB11074-TU- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069451- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e257Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill at the point information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period.Such additional information should be requested from the address of the contracting authority of this contract notice. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the public contract regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by breach of the rules to action in the high court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.
Publisher note: Permissible users of this Agreement include:TUCOMember and Associate Member Authorities TUCOMembers(https://account.tuco.ac.uk/delrvdkzgqmjfhudksgs(https://account.tuco.ac.uk/delrvdkzgqmjfhudksgs))Localauthority councils: England Scotland and WalesLocal CouncilsNorthern Ireland LocalCouncilsConwy CBC, Denbighshire CC, FlintshireCC, Wrexham CBC, Sefton Council, Halton BC,Cheshire West and Chester Council, South RibbleBorough Council, Liverpool City Council, Wirral BC,Rochdale MBC, Northumberland CCany otherLocal AuthoritiesEducational establishments:Schools in EnglandSchools in WalesEducationalEstablishments in England and WalesSchools inScotlandEducational Establishments inScotlandSchools and Educational Establishmentsin Northern IrelandEngland Scotland and WalesHigher EducationNorthern Ireland HigherEducationEducation TrustsPolice, fire and rescue,maritime and coastguard agency emergencyservices:UK Police ForcesEngland Fire and RescueServicesScotland Fire and Rescue ServicesWalesFire and Rescue ServicesNorthern Ireland Fire andRescue ServicesUK Maritime & CoastguardAgencyNHS bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland)and ambulance services: England NHS ScotlandNHSWales NHS Northern Ireland HSCEnglandAmbulance ServiceScotland AmbulanceServiceWales Ambulance ServiceNorthern IrelandAmbulance ServiceLocal Authorities, ResearchCouncilswww.rcuk.ac.uk (https://www.rcuk.ac.uk),NHS TrustsCentral government departments andtheir agencies: England / UK CentralGovernmentScotland GovernmentWalesGovernmentNorthern IrelandGovernmentRegistered charities: England andWales Registered CharitiesScotland RegisteredCharitiesNorthern Ireland RegisteredCharitiesHospice Quality PartnershipRegisteredsocial landlords: government funded, not-for-profitorganisations that provide affordable housing. Theyinclude housing associations, trusts andcooperatives. England Social LandlordsScotlandSocial LandlordsWales Social LandlordsNorthernIreland Social LandlordsAll 700 plus currentmembers of Procurement for Housing (PfH) andany future members, details of current membershipfor PfH can be found here;http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk/membership/membership_list.Please(http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk/membership/membership_list.Please)refer to the following websitesfor a full list of RSL`shttp://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/(http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/)orhttp:NUSSLhttp://www.ukmsl.com/client/nusconnect/(http://www.ukmsl.com/client/nusconnect/)The memberorganisations above are located throughout the UK,including England, Scotland, Wales and NorthernIreland.Public sector buying organisations:http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/(http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/)http://www.tuco.org/buy/clients (http://www.tuco.org/buy/clients)); SUPCmembers seehttp://supc.procureweb.ac.uk/aboutsupc-members(http://supc.procureweb.ac.uk/aboutsupc-members);APUC members seehttp://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm (http://www.apucscot.ac.uk/home.htm); NWUPC members seewww.nwupc.ac.uk (https://www.nwupc.ac.uk); NEUPCmembers seehttp://neupg.procureweb.ac.uk/(http://neupg.procureweb.ac.uk/); HEPCW membersseehttp://hepcw.procureweb.ac.uk/(http://hepcw.procureweb.ac.uk/); LUPC members seehttp://www.lupc.ac.uk/ (http://www.lupc.ac.uk/);Academies; Further Education FE colleges and FEcolleges via Crescent Purchasing Consortium(currently 170 colleges throughout the UK) anyother member of CPCOther organisations: AllContracting Authorities as defined in Regulation 2of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015;TheAgreement is also for use by but not limited toCrown Commercial Services;This Agreement mayalso be used by other public bodies as defined bythe European Union
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Mar 2025 → 29 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2025, 10:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected5 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published363 days ago29 Oct 2025, 15:02 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete29 Oct 2025, 15:02 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
North East
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
North West
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Midlands
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
South East
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
South West
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Wales
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Scotland
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Northern Ireland
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · 1 Temporary and Permanent Staff Midlands | 16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad | 13 | — | — |
| 2 · 2 Temporary and Permanent Staff North East England | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 12 | — | — |
| 3 · 3 Temporary and Permanent Staff North West England | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 12 | — | — |
| 4 · 4 Temporary and Permanent Staff South East England | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 12 | — | — |
| 5 · 5 Temporary and Permanent Staff South West England | 14bids · 14 electronic · 14 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
| 6 · 6 Temporary and Permanent Staff Wales | 10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 7 · 7 Temporary and Permanent Staff Scotland | 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 8 · 8 Temporary and Permanent Staff Northern Ireland | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- TUCOReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
18 commercial parties on the notice- Arc Hospitality Recruitment Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- Axis Recruitment LtdFramework contractor
- Back - 2 – Front t/a The Cherry TreeFramework contractor
- Blue Arrow LtdFramework contractor
- Flair Events People LtdFramework contractor
- Gill Cooke Personnel t/a The Recruitment GroupFramework contractor
- Host Staffing LTDFramework contractor
- Interaction Recruitment PLC (Verve People)Framework contractor
- JoRecruitment LtdFramework contractor
- KPI Recruiting LimitedFramework contractor
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- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership LtdFramework contractor
- Reed Specialist RecruitmentFramework contractor
- The Hospitality Club Staffing LimitedFramework contractor
- The Kellan Group Limited t/a Berkeley ScottFramework contractor
- The Waiting Game LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.