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    Agency Staff Tender – South Cambridgeshire District Council

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Title:  South Cambridgeshire District Council – Agency Staff 2021

Tender covering

  • South Cambridgeshire District Council
  • Cambridge City Council
  • Huntingdonshire District Council

Reference number:  DN574718

Short description: South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) are looking for suitably qualified and experienced Agencies to provide temporary agency staff to SCDC.

SCDC are therefore establishing an Agency Staff Framework Contract (The Contract), comprising of a number of categories and it is envisaged that a number of Agencies will be appointed to each category. Agencies will be invited to bid via the Public Contract Regulations 2015 open tender procedure to create a compliant Framework contract. The final contract will be a separate call off contract from the created Agency Staff Framework Contract between each agency and the Council.

Whilst The Contract is a contract between the Agencies and SCDC, The Contract will also be open for Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) Cambridge City Council (CCC), East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) and Fenland District Council (FDC) to use at their discretion. Please note that CCC, HDC and SCDC are working in strategic partnership to share a number of Council services.

Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000

Type of procedure:  Open procedure

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:  1pm, 8th November 2021

Evaluation:  Quality weighting – 60%, price 40%

Contract duration:  24 months with options to extend for a further 2 years

This contract is divided into lots and tenders may be submitted for all lots. The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Lot 1 – Housing and Property – category:

  • Housing Strategy Services
  • Advice and Homelessness
  • Housing Services Officers
  • Facilities
  • Sheltered Housing Officers
  • Maintenance and Surveyors

Estimated value excl VAT: £291,176

Lot 2 – Health and Environmental Service Specialists – category:

  • Environmental Health Officers
  • Waste and Recycling
  • Licencing
  • Grounds Maintenance

Estimated value excl VAT £581,464

Lot 3 – Health and Environmental Service Drivers and Refuse Collection Staff

  • Waste and Recycling Operatives
  • LGV Drivers

Estimated value excluding VAT: £1,215,104

Lot 4 – Planning – category:

  • Building Control
  • Planners
  • Including; Historical Buildings and Urban Design

Estimated value excluding VAT: £4,704,424

Lot 5 – General up to £30k (the equivalent salary) – category

  • HR, Finance and Office Support
  • Communications
  • Electoral Services
  • Leisure Services
  • All other services

Estimated value excluding VAT: £2,135,780

Lot 6 – General up to £30k Plus (the equivalent salary)

  • HR, Finance and Office Support
  • Communications
  • Electoral Services
  • Leisure Services
  • All other services

Estimated value excluding VAT: £1,222,988

Lot 7 – Revenues and Benefits

Revenues and Benefits

Estimated value excluding VAT: £951,800

Name and addresses:
South Cambridgeshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, CB23 6EA

Contact: Carla Coakley

Email:  Carla.Coakley@scambs.gov.uk

Telephone:  +44 1223713624

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=6c37da50-6e27-ec11-810e-005056b64545