AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a framework call-off for the temporary provision of an administrator to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED for UK Research and Innovation. The published award value is £99,089.80 and the stated contract period runs from 13 January 2025 to 31 March 2027, including four listed variations.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED under Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing.
Market significanceThis is a relatively small temporary-staffing call-off, sourced through an established public-sector framework rather than an open competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
98% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-d00570da-032b-44c5-b94a-3dc70e6defb7-2 · 99089.80 GBP · active
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The sole active award names the supplier; its Companies House number 06903140 was verified against the supplied legal company name.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice
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The source labels the record “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder” and states that it is an award notice, not a call for competition.
Award status
94% confidenceActive
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The sole award record has status “active”.
Award decision date
92% confidence20 December 2024
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The award record date is 2024-12-20.
Contract period
98% confidence13 January 2025 to 31 March 2027
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The tender and award contract-period fields state these dates.
Documented variations
97% confidenceFour variations extend the original end date of 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2027.
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The description lists Variation 001 through Variation 004 and their successive date ranges.
Contract documentation
88% confidenceTwo attachments are categorised as contractSigned.
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Two award documents have documentType “contractSigned”.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
98% confidence£99,089.80
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The tender and sole award each state a value of 99089.8 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceThe full published value is recorded against the sole award.
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There is one award and one supplier in the supplied award data.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
96% confidence20 December 2024, 17:00 UTC
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The tender period end date is 2024-12-20T17:00:00Z.
Award date
92% confidence20 December 2024
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The award record date is 2024-12-20.
Contract start
98% confidence13 January 2025
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The stated contract-period start date is 2025-01-13.
Contract end
98% confidence31 March 2027
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The stated contract-period end date is 2027-03-31.
Award notice publication
92% confidence27 February 2026
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The award-notice document datePublished is 2026-02-27T11:25:24Z.
Latest source update
96% confidence15 October 2026
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The process source_updated_at and release history give 2026-10-15.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceTemporary provision of an administrator for UK Research and Innovation.
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The description states that the requirement is for the temporary provision of an administrator for UK Research and Innovation.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
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The supplied primary CPV classification is 79620000.
Delivery location
92% confidenceSN2 1FL
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The tender item specifies delivery postal code SN2 1FL.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceSelective procedure; call-off from a framework agreement
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The process states procurement method “selective” and details “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Framework
98% confidenceCrown Commercial Services Framework RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing
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The description explicitly identifies Framework RM6277.
Competition information
99% confidenceBidder numbers, evaluation results and award rationale were not supplied.
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No bid-count, scoring or evaluation information is present in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Original term
97% confidence13 January 2025 to 31 March 2025
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The description labels these as the original contract dates.
Variation 001
97% confidence1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025
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Listed in the published description.
Variation 002
97% confidence1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025
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Listed in the published description.
Variation 003
97% confidence1 January 2026 to 30 September 2026
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Listed in the published description.
Variation 004
97% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Listed in the published description.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Engagement model
98% confidenceFramework call-off for temporary staffing.
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The notice describes a call-off under RM6277 for the temporary provision of an administrator.
Term evolution
96% confidenceThe published record shows successive extensions from an initial approximately 11-week term to a period ending in March 2027.
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The original dates and four subsequent variations are listed in the description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Published information coverage
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, pricing breakdown, evaluation details, lot-level allocation, extension mechanism and the reasons for the variations.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
Document-content limitation
99% confidenceTwo attachments are labelled contractSigned, but their contents were not supplied for analysis.
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Only document metadata and URLs are provided.
Publication timing
96% confidenceThe award date is 20 December 2024, while the award-notice document was published on 27 February 2026 and the record was later updated on 15 October 2026.
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The supplied award, document and release-history dates state these dates.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied source does not provide bidder numbers, scoring, evaluation rationale, price breakdowns or reasons for selection.
- No lot titles or lot-level values are published; no lots are identified in the supplied data.
- The content of the two documents labelled contractSigned was not supplied, so terms beyond the metadata and notice description could not be assessed.
- No renewal option or future procurement plan is stated; the renewal outlook is only an end-date-based estimate.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
UK Shared Business ServicesREED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITEDUK Research and InnovationRM6277Non Clinical Staffingtemporary staffingadministratorContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded the contract?
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 06903140.
What is the published contract value?
£99,089.80.
What is the stated contract period?
13 January 2025 to 31 March 2027, following four listed variations.
How was the requirement sourced?
As a call-off from Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing.
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