Issue - meetings

(Report of the Assistant Chief Executive. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction). The report seeks approval from Cabinet to award a new contract for the supply of permanent and temporary agency workers to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited for a period of 2 year years from 1 October 2013 with the option to extend for a further 2 years. 

Cabinet considered a report, introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction, which sought approval to award a new contract for the supply of permanent and temporary agency workers to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited for a period of two years from 1 October 2013 with the option to extend for a further two years.

Exempt information pertaining to the report was considered under Item 35.

RESOLVED:

That the contract for the supply of permanent and temporary agency staff be awarded to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited for a period of two years from 1 October 2013 with an option to extend for a further two years. The total value of the contract (including the option to extend) for the management of the resource centre is £416,000.

Alternative Options Considered

The Council is required to ensure that its temporary agency workforce continues to be engaged using an EU procurement compliant approach. The current contract expires on 30 September 2013.  Ending the contract without alternative provision would undermine the ability of the Council to flexibly manage its workforce.

The Council chose to run a mini-competition using the Managed Service for Temporary and Agency Resources - MSTAR framework and involving all suppliers on the framework.  This is a value for money process since it does not involve significant resources to run the tender and evaluation process and it involves all the main managed agency suppliers in the market. 

The MSTAR framework was created nationally in 2011 to enable Councils to engage quickly and cost effectively with temporary agency Managed Service Providers. The MSTAR framework was established following an EU procurement process and is supported by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) and Local Government Association (LGA).  It is recommended to continue with a Neutral Vendor model of delivery because this provides the optimum value for money and SME supplier engagement mix to deliver the resources the Council requires.  

Reasons for Decision

Not applicable.