UK SBS awards temporary administrator call-off to Reed Specialist Recruitment

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 13:11.

Opportunity overview

***Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation had a requirement to bring in an administrator on a temporary basis. This has been sourced via direct award against CCS RM6277 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework. Variation 001: Contract End date extended to 31st March 2027

Awarded to

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Reed Specialist Recruitment

Matched by number

Published award value: £53.5k
Awarded: 20 Jan 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 06903140

Classification

CPV79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: CSP26033 - Administrator
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79620000
Description: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Tender Period

Ends: 15 Jan 2026, 15:00

Contract period

Starts: 26 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Postal Code: SN2 1FL

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m
Name: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Identifier

Legal Name: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Scheme: GB-SRS
Id: sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m

Address

Street Address: Polaris House
Locality: SWINDON
Postal Code: SN21FF
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: coreservices@uksbs.co.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-06903140
Name: Reed Specialist Recruitment

Identifier

Legal Name: Reed Specialist Recruitment
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 06903140

Address

Street Address: Charles House, 61-69 Derngate NN1 1UE GB

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f-1
Status: active
Date: 20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Published: 22 Jan 2026, 08:33

Value

Amount: 53,476.1
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-06903140
Name: Reed Specialist Recruitment

Contract period

Starts: 26 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79f5fecf-8871-4a73-9558-473d3b0b735f ↗
Published: 22 Jan 2026, 08:33
Date Modified: 14 Oct 2026, 11:56
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · SWINDON · SN21FF · England
Delivery location · SN2 1FL

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

79f5fecf-8871-4a73-9558-473d3b0b735f-917758Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 14 Oct 2026, 11:56

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a framework call-off for temporary administrator support for UK Research and Innovation to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED. The published award value is £53,476.10 and the notice states that Variation 001 extended the end date to 31 March 2027.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source record status completeEvidence: The notice is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process stage is award and source status is complete.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f-1 has status “active”.
Award decision date20 January 2026Evidence: Award date is 2026-01-20.

98% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 79f5fecf-8871-4a73-9558-473d3b0b735f-917758
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 13:11
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

An active award was recorded on 20 January 2026 through a direct award under the CCS RM6277 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework.

Market significance

This is a small temporary-staffing call-off in the personnel-supply market, rather than an open competition.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f-1 · 53476.10 GBP · verified; awarded supplier

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The award names Reed Specialist Recruitment as supplier. Supplier verification matches company number 06903140 to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source record status complete

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The notice is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process stage is award and source status is complete.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f-1 has status “active”.

Award decision date

98% confidence

20 January 2026

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Award date is 2026-01-20.

Contract start

98% confidence

26 January 2026

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The published contract period starts 2026-01-26.

Contract end

98% confidence

31 March 2027

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The published contract period ends 2027-03-31 and the description says Variation 001 extended the end date to this date.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£53,476.10

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The award value is GBP 53,476.10.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award notice published

98% confidence

22 January 2026

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The award document datePublished is 2026-01-22T08:33:29Z.

Tender response deadline

97% confidence

15 January 2026, 15:00 UTC

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The tender period end date is 2026-01-15T15:00:00Z.

Award notice updated

97% confidence

14 October 2026

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The award document was modified and the source record updated on 2026-10-14; release history is tagged awardUpdate.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Temporary administrator

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The description states that UK Research and Innovation required an administrator on a temporary basis.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

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The primary classification is CPV 79620000.

Delivery location

93% confidence

SN2 1FL

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The tender item delivery address gives postal code SN2 1FL.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement route

99% confidence

Selective procedure; call-off from a framework agreement

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The source lists procurement method as selective and details as “Call-off from a framework agreement”.

Framework route

99% confidence

Direct award under CCS RM6277 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework

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The notice description explicitly states this sourcing route.

Competition information

99% confidence

No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores or award rationale published

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Published term

98% confidence

26 January 2026 to 31 March 2027

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The award and tender contract period state these dates.

Variation

98% confidence

Variation 001 extended the contract end date to 31 March 2027

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The notice description explicitly records this variation.

Signature status

99% confidence

Unknown

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The source reports an active award and contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

98% confidence

Single-supplier framework direct award for temporary personnel supply

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One supplier is named on the active award, and the notice describes a direct award under RM6277.

Value allocation

98% confidence

The £53,476.10 published award value is associated with the single award and supplier

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The award lists one supplier and one award value.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

98%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-b1b1a8ab-9fea-402b-af25-faecf2c7d41f
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

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The buyer party is identified as UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED.

End-user context

98% confidence

UK Research and Innovation requirement

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The description says UK Research and Innovation had the temporary administrator requirement.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED (company number 06903140)

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Supplier verification matched the published company number 06903140 to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED.

Source trading/name presentation

99% confidence

Source notice names the supplier as “Reed Specialist Recruitment”

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The award supplier field contains “Reed Specialist Recruitment”.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

End-date outlook

96% confidence

Estimated contract endpoint: 31 March 2027

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This estimate uses the explicit published contract end date; no renewal or extension option is published beyond the recorded Variation 001.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award update context

98% confidence

The published end date reflects Variation 001; the pre-variation end date and financial impact of the variation are not supplied.

View supporting evidence

The description states that Variation 001 extended the end date to 31 March 2027, without earlier-term or revised-value detail.

Published fields

99% confidence

No lot titles, pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation detail, award rationale, signature confirmation or renewal options are supplied.

View supporting evidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The notice does not provide the contract’s original end date before Variation 001 or state whether the variation changed the award value.
No detailed scope specification, lot allocation, pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation results, award rationale, signature date or renewal terms is published.
The notice identifies UK Research and Innovation as the requiring organisation, while UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED is recorded as the buyer; the precise contracting-party arrangement is not further explained.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the CSP26033 Administrator award?

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, verified against company number 06903140.

What is the published award value?

£53,476.10.

How was the requirement sourced?

The notice states it was a direct award under the CCS RM6277 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework.

When does the published contract period end?

31 March 2027. The notice says Variation 001 extended the end date to this date.

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CSP26033 - Administrator

Opportunity overview

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Reed Specialist Recruitment

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