AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Amplius Living awarded a direct, below-threshold contract for temporary recruitment agency services for trade operatives to SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED. The contract was signed on 3 August 2026 and runs from 4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract are recorded for SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED, covering lot 1.
Market significanceThe published gross contract value is £48,000. The procurement was conducted without competition under a below-threshold direct procedure.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 48000 GBP · active
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Award 1 names Spirehouse Recruitment Limited as its sole supplier; verified company data identifies it as SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (company number 14661345). Contract 1, linked to award 1, has a gross value of £48,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” and has notice type UK7.
Tender status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is recorded as “complete”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 3 August 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-08-03.
Contract period
99% confidence4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-08-04 and endDate is 2027-08-03.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract gross value
99% confidence£48,000 GBP
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 48000, currency GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the sole supplier on the sole recorded award
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, which identifies one supplier only.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence3 August 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-08-03.
Contract start
99% confidence4 August 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-08-04.
Contract end
99% confidence3 August 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-08-03.
Notice published
99% confidence21 October 2026
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The contract details notice datePublished is 2026-10-21.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceTemporary recruitment agency services for trade operatives
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The opportunity title and description state “Provision of Temporary Recruitment Agency Services for Trade Operatives.”
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence79600000 — Recruitment services
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Award item 1 contains additional classification CPV 79600000, described as Recruitment services.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne recorded lot (lot 1)
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Tender data contains lot 1; award 1 and its item are related to lot 1.
Delivery regions
95% confidenceWest Midlands, East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, East Midlands, East of England, and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
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Award item delivery addresses specify UKG, UKE13, UKF, UKH and UKJ1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
98% confidence12 months
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The period runs from 4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027.
Start and end dates
99% confidence4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027
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Contract 1 period supplies these dates.
Published extension or renewal option
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied in the published contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe buyer used a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition.
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The tender records procurementMethod as direct and procurementMethodDetails as “Below threshold - without competition”.
Commercial scale
98% confidenceThe published gross contract value is £48,000 for the 12-month term.
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Contract 1 reports £48,000 gross and dates from 4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification matched the published GB-COH identifier and company number 14661345 to SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED.
Published data completeness
99% confidenceSome commercial and competition detail is not supplied in the published notice.
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The source provides no bid count, evaluation information, pricing breakdown, lot title, lot description, or extension terms.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation results, award rationale or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- No extension, renewal or variation terms are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Amplius LivingSPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITEDtemporary recruitment agency servicestrade operativesrecruitment services£48,000 contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Amplius Living temporary recruitment services contract?
SPIREHOUSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED, verified under company number 14661345.
What is the contract value?
The published gross value is £48,000.
When does the contract run?
It runs from 4 August 2026 to 3 August 2027 and was signed on 3 August 2026.
Was the procurement competitive?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition.
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