Official UK procurement notice
SOL - Agency Staffing Children's Homes
Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG3)
Awarded value£232,000published award · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Randstad Solutions Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAgency staffing requirements for the Children's Homes owned by SMBC.
Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Concession
- 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
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:38 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:38 BST
- Authority reference
SOL - 22561- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041431- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05626eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single Supplier, where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract -
a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:38 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £232,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randstad Solutions Limited18 Jul 2025 – 31 Jul 2025 | £232,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RANDSTAD SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender