Temporary and Permanent Recruitment – SUPC

SUPC – Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium

Title:  Temporary and Permanent (TAP) Recruitment Services

Reference number:  PFB4054SU

Short description:  For the provision of temporary and permanent recruitment services.

Estimated total value excluding VAT: £250,000,000

Contract duration in months:  48

Type of procedure:  Restricted procedure

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

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 70

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:  12pm, 16th December 2022

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots – Lots 1 – 7 are for temporary, temp to perm, fixed term, fixed to perm, and permanent.  If you are bidding on Lot 1, you cannot bid for Lot 3 and vice versa.  If you are bidding on Lot 2, you cannot bid for Lot 4 and vice versa.

Lot 1 – Admin – National and London

This lot is designed to cover office based support staff as well clerical style support roles such as library staff, data entry, invigilation staff, and summer admissions vacancies – including call handlers.

Lot 2 – Ancillary – National and London

This lot covers the full range of traditional ancillary and operational staff, as well including hospitality and event staff, waiting staff, front of house, retail staff, nursery workers, laboratory workers, and cloakroom staff

Lot 3 – Admin – London only

This lot is designed to cover office based support staff as well clerical style support roles such as library staff, data entry, invigilation staff, and summer admissions vacancies – including call handlers.

Lot 4 – Ancillary – London only

This lot covers the full range of traditional ancillary and operational staff, as well including hospitality and event staff, waiting staff, front of house, retail staff, nursery workers, laboratory workers, and cloakroom staff

Lot 5 – Corporate and Professional Roles

This lot covers a wide range of more senior staff across HR, Finance, Procurement, Marketing and Communications, Legal, Project Managers, Head of Department roles and Senior and Executive roles. It also includes roles in the training/learning and development space; and roles within Estates such as Programme Managers, Estates Managers, Estates Professional Services roles; and bibliographic and content managers.

Lot 6 – Data, Digital and Technical roles (ICT)

This lot covers the full range of IT, ITC, data, digital, cloud and technical roles. It covers the full scope from IT helpdesk staff, right through to senior IT managers.

Lot 7 – One Stop Shop and Payroll Services

This lot covers 2 main areas:

• One Stop Shop– This lot should be used for high volume requirements across all the above listed roles where members require suppliers to fulfill all their recruitment needs. The institution may specify a number of roles for a given period; or may call off on an ad hoc basis.
• Payroll Services – this is where the Member Institution have a candidate ready and available for a role, but need a means of confirming background checks and pay rolling the employee.

Name and addresses

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)

Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading

Whiteknights Road, Earley Gate

Reading

RG6 6BU

Contact:  Oliver Bradbury-Stewart

Email:  supc@reading.ac.uk

Telephone:  +44 1183784304

National registration number:  111357

Buyer's address:  https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/86623

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=54372&B=SUPC