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Temporary Worker Support Services

Essex County Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 22:46.

Opportunity overview

ECC requires a partner to provide a temporary worker support service that owns the contractual engagement, weekly payroll, timesheet processing, and billing for all temporary workers sourced directly by ECC’s HR Shared Services Team, as well as those supplied through ECC’s third party agency supply chain, for ECC and our existing and new local authority partners. In addition, while ECC will continue to manage all recruitment and attraction activity, the partner should also provide optional access to their wider supply chain (such as a neutral vendor network), to act as a contingency or fallback solution should additional sourcing support or alternative fulfilment routes be required.

Classification

  • CPV79211110 — Payroll management services
  • CPV79630000 — Personnel services except placement and supply services

Lots

  • Lot 1£48m

Documents and notices

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
E014PA
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Published risks
1 Service Providers Payroll System Failure Payroll systems are unavailable for a significant period of time before recovery 2 Process by which payments are managed Technology integration risk – issues with timesheet, payroll or P2P integration; mitigated through mandatory testing, supplier assurance and robust cutover planning. 3 Failure of Service Provider Awarded Service Provider is no longer able to operate and complete the contract 4 Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation It is anticipated, that during the life of this contract/framework, the LGR process will commence and/or progress potentially impacting this contract/framework. Impacts may include, but are not limited to, modifications such as a transfer of the legal entity you currently contract with, significant increases and/or decreases in the value/volume of goods/services/works required due to the change in size/scope of the Contracting Authority, and/or changes to the scope of the nature of goods/services/works required. Although any contract scope changes should broadly relate to the nature of the existing scope, new goods/services/works of a related nature may be required that were not previously included.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
11 Aug 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
31 Jul 2026, 17:00

Expected award period

Ends
26 Oct 2026, 23:59

Contract terms

Financial Terms
Please see Services Specification for details on Payment Terms.

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
57,600,000
Amount
48,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Price criterion 1 (Lot 0)
Description
All costs associated with the delivery of the service, including price/quality assessment

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Quality criterion 1 (Lot 0)
Description
Assessment of technical ability and Social Value

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
technical
Description
Information Handling and Security To ensure that the Authority’s information is handled securely please download and complete the attached Data Protection Compliance Questionnaire – Self assessment.

Contract period

Starts
23 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends
22 Nov 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
22 Nov 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is 1 contract extension with a maximum duration of 2 years and 0 month, and a value ex VAT of £ 24,000,000

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79211110
Description
Payroll management services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79630000
Description
Personnel services except placement and supply services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
067859-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Jul 2026, 14:20
Format
text/html

Planning and budget

No Engagement Notice Rationale
See above

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Essex County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWVM-4844-NRQH

Address

Street Address
County Hall, Market Road
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH36

Contact

Name
Abbey Wellington

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 067859-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·