Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts

Opportunity overview

This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following: - Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Comensura limited

Matched by number

Contract value: £101m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 23 Aug 2022
Award ID: 075026-2025-DN628562-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 04085767
Location: Bedfordshire, UKH24, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Lots

This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following: - Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m. This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was procured via Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), Lot 1 (Managing temporary recruitment for Local Authorities - Ref: 00942) for a period of 3+2 years (contract start date - 5th December 2022).Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: DN628562
Status: complete
Procurement Method: limited
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: A competition has been undertaken via a framework so initial notice not necessary.

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1

Id: 1

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label: Description of the procurement
Section: II.2.4

New Value

Text: This notice is to advise of a proposed contract modification. The Council has made the decision to extend the contract inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. The increase to the value of the contract will rely upon Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor- (i)cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, and (ii)would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The grounds relied upon to use Regulation 72(1)b are set out below: (a) A change of contractor would require an unachievable timeline due to the technical and complex nature of the contract. The economic argument for the council to grant the increase in value to an existing contract is evidenced by the significant cost of re-procurement for a short term period. (b) The technical capability to reconfigure the council's current systems and processes is another reason an extension is required to provide additional time to procure a replacement contract. Ordering, time recording and approval systems would all need to be actioned by additional staff training, many of whom would be agency workers themselves. The problem would therefore become compounded. (c) A change of contractor is not possible as a short-term measure and would result, in a potential failure to retain key agency workers and threaten the council's ability to deliver some of its statutory services, which extends beyond the statutory test of simple "inconvenience". It is also not possible to run two separate contractors supplying these services in the short term again due to the size and complexity of the agency human resource requirement. (d) The proposed modification is necessary, proportionate, and compliant with Regulation 72(1)(b). It ensures continuity, avoids unnecessary cost and disruption, and maintains the integrity of the original procurement. (e) The increase in contract value arising from the proposed modification will not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. (f) The modification will not alter the overall nature of the contract given that it is only the volume of services being called off that will be modified, not the nature of the contract itself. (g)GCC intend to start the re-procurement imminently for the next long term requirement. This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was procured via Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), Lot 1 (Managing temporary recruitment for Local Authorities - Ref: 00942) for a period of 3+2 years (contract start date - 5th December 2022).

Old Value

Text: This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following: - Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m. This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was procured via Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), Lot 1 (Managing temporary recruitment for Local Authorities - Ref: 00942) for a period of 3+2 years (contract start date - 5th December 2022).

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Id: 79000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Has Options: No
Description: This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following: - Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m. This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was procured via Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), Lot 1 (Managing temporary recruitment for Local Authorities - Ref: 00942) for a period of 3+2 years (contract start date - 5th December 2022).

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Quality inc social value
Type: quality
Description: 70

Criterion 2

Type: price
Description: 30

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKK13

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 79000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-FTS-143856
Name: Gloucestershire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region: UKK13
Locality: Gloucester
Postal Code: GL12TG
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: Shire Hall, Westgate Street

Details

Url: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Id: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Description: Regional or local authority

Entry 2

Id: 01
Scheme: COFOG
Description: General public services

Identifier

Legal Name: Gloucestershire County Council
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name: Strategic Procurement
Email: strategicprocurement@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1452425000

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-04085767
Name: Comensura limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UKH24
Locality: Bedfordshire
Country Name: United Kingdom

Details

Url: https://www.comensura.com/ ↗
Scale: large

Identifier

Id: 04085767
Scheme: GB-COH
Legal Name: Comensura limited

Organisation 3

Id: GB-FTS-16828
Name: Gloucestershire County Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality: Gloucester
Postal Code: GL1 2TG
Country Name: United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name: Gloucestershire County Council

Award information

Award 1

Id: 075026-2025-DN628562-1
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-04085767
Name: Comensura limited

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 075026-2025-DN628562-1
Status: active
Award ID: 075026-2025-DN628562-1
Date Signed: 24 Aug 2022, 00:00

Value

Amount: 101,000,000
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Gloucester · UKK13 · GL12TG · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKK13

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

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