Official UK procurement notice
Agencies · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City of Bristol College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of agencies to provide staff as required for covering vacancies, sickness or as ‘temp to perm’ staff as further described in the Scope and Requirements.
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1There are generally two types of agency required by the CollegeAwardedPublished value£3,400,000
There are generally two types of agency required by the College. The first is for vacancy cover when either we are unable to recruit to the post or when awaiting a new starter to begin when the previous post holder has left. The second is sickness cover where classes are unable to be merged and would be cancelled without the cover.
There is then the occasional need and option for a ‘temp to perm’ option with recruited staff and we will be looking to agree a sliding scale of rates with successful agencies.
Finally, we have a lot of part time roles and need to understand the pricing structure if we offer a part time post on varying FTE’s, so advice and knowledge from an agency is needed.
We intend to operate a ‘framework’ of suppliers, with a single ‘Tier 1’ agency having the first refusal at filling posts, and up to 3 agencies at ‘Tier 2’ who would be offered roles which the Tier 1 agency cannot fill. This framework structure would be managed by the College HR team.
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What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 55%
- Cost: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 55.00%
- Cost: 45.00%
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Feb 2025, 09:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 13:06 BST
- Authority reference
CA15365 - HR2501A- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061314- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e49eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Write to the COO at the City of Bristol College.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Mar 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline24 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
- Notice published387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 13:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2025, 13:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED, Henry Bluejoint award | £2,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Agencies · DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED, Henry Blue
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £2,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Henry BlueAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria