Agency Staffing Framework 2026/27

Published 28 Jul 2026

28 Jul 2026

Closed 22 Aug 2026

East Surrey College

Primary CPV: 79600000 *
Recruitment services
Location: 🇬🇧 North East
Value: £2,500,000
Contract: 1 year Duration
04/09/2026 31/08/2027
Contract Types: 79 *Business services: law, marketing, consu...
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SME suitable: Not stated

Publisher Address

Gatton Point, London Road, Redhill RH1 2JX, REDHILL, RH1 2JX, United Kingdom · UKC

Contact

tenders@esc.ac.uk

Award Criteria

Compliance, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding Assurance (20%)
Candidate Quality, Interview Process and Suitability Assurance (15%)
Service Delivery, Mobilisation and Emergency Response (14%)
Specialist Capability and Multi-Site FE Experience (13%)
Pricing, Transparency and Value for Money (15%)
Business Standing, Financial Resilience and Governance (8%)
Social Value, Added Value and Partnership Behaviours (10%)
Interview / Presentation / Sample Compliance Pack (5%)

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Reference: OSC-ASF-2026-27

Orbital South Colleges is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Agency Staffing Framework for the provision of temporary, fixed-term, emergency, interim and project staffing services across curriculum delivery, SEND and learner support, professional services, estates and facilities, IT and digital services, and specialist consultancy functions. The framework will support East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art and will provide access to suitably qualified, education-sector compliant staffing agencies capable of responding to specialist, hard-to-fill, emergency and short-term staffing requirements.

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79600000 — Recruitment services (primary)

Notice details

Buyer type: Central government
Competition: Open competition (any supplier can bid)
Contract type: Services
Lots: 6
Procurement method: Open procedure
Main category: Services
Above threshold: Yes
Legal basis: UKPGA 2023/54
Notice status: Active
Options: The framework includes the option for Orbital South Colleges to place additional call-off assignments for temporary, fixed-term, emergency, interim and project staffing services during the framework term. The framework may also be extended subject to satisfactory performance, value for money and governance approval.
Framework agreement: Yes
Framework details: This is a closed multi-supplier framework established by Orbital South Colleges for the provision of agency staffing services across curriculum delivery, SEND and learner support, professional services, estates and facilities, IT and digital services, and specialist consultancy functions. Suppliers may bid for one or more lots. Appointment to the framework does not guarantee any volume of work. Contracts (call-offs) will be awarded to framework suppliers during the framework term in accordance with the framework call-off arrangements. Supplier selection may be undertaken through direct award, ranked selection, rotation, further competition, or urgent direct placement where justified by business need, specialist capability, candidate availability, safeguarding and compliance requirements, continuity of service, location, response time, price, or other objective factors relevant to the requirement. Pricing will be established through the tender process and will be based on the rates, margins and pricing schedules submitted by suppliers as part of their framework tender. Value for money will be assessed by considering price alongside quality, compliance assurance, service delivery, response capability, social value and operational resilience. Where a further competition is undertaken, framework suppliers within the relevant lot may be invited to submit requirement-specific pricing and delivery proposals, with award made to the supplier offering the most advantageous solution in accordance with the framework terms.
Submission method: Submission Address: tenders@esc.ac.uk Organisation Website: www.osc.ac.uk Special Instructions: Tenderers must submit completed tender responses electronically by the tender submission deadline. All submissions must clearly reference OSC-ASF-2026-27. Responses must include all documents requested within the ITT, pricing schedules, declarations and supporting evidence. Late submissions may not be considered. Clarification questions must be submitted by the published clarification deadline.
Award decision expected: 4 Sep 2026
Number of lots: 6
Language: EN
Published: 28 Jul 2026 16:52
Deadline: 22 Aug 2026 23:59
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06d5c9
Notice ID: OSC-ASF-2026-27

Lots (6)

Lot 1: Curriculum Teaching, Assessors and Instructors £1,000,000

Provision of temporary curriculum staffing, including lecturers, tutors, trainers, assessors, skills coaches, demonstrators, instructors and specialist curriculum practitioners across Orbital South Colleges. Services may be required to support post-16, adult, apprenticeship, higher education and community learning prov...