Official UK procurement notice
Agency Staffing Framework 2026/27
Authority: East Surrey College (Central government)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionOrbital South Colleges is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Agency Staffing Framework for the provision of temporary, fixed-term, emergency, interim and project staffing services across curriculum delivery, SEND and learner support, professional services, estates and facilities, IT and digital services, and specialist consultancy functions. The framework will support East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art and will provide access to suitably qualified, education-sector compliant staffing agencies capable of responding to specialist, hard-to-fill, emergency and short-term staffing requirements.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jul 2027, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Recruitment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 1 yr from 4 Sept 2026
Published description of the framework
This is a closed multi-supplier framework established by Orbital South Colleges for the provision of agency staffing services across curriculum delivery, SEND and learner support, professional services, estates and facilities, IT and digital services, and specialist consultancy functions. Suppliers may bid for one or more lots. Appointment to the framework does not guarantee any volume of work.
Contracts (call-offs) will be awarded to framework suppliers during the framework term in accordance with the framework call-off arrangements. Supplier selection may be undertaken through direct award, ranked selection, rotation, further competition, or urgent direct placement where justified by business need, specialist capability, candidate availability, safeguarding and compliance requirements, continuity of service, location, response time, price, or other objective factors relevant to the requirement.
Pricing will be established through the tender process and will be based on the rates, margins and pricing schedules submitted by suppliers as part of their framework tender. Value for money will be assessed by considering price alongside quality, compliance assurance, service delivery, response capability, social value and operational resilience.
Where a further competition is undertaken, framework suppliers within the relevant lot may be invited to submit requirement-specific pricing and delivery proposals, with award made to the supplier offering the most advantageous solution in accordance with the framework terms.
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £300,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Curriculum Teaching, Assessors and InstructorsPublished value£1,000,000
Provision of temporary curriculum staffing, including lecturers, tutors, trainers, assessors, skills coaches, demonstrators, instructors and specialist curriculum practitioners across Orbital South Colleges. Services may be required to support post-16, adult, apprenticeship, higher education and community learning provision.
Lot #2SEND, Inclusion and Learner SupportPublished value£500,000
Provision of temporary staffing services to support Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), inclusion and learner support requirements across Orbital South Colleges, including East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art. Services may include Learning Support Assistants, Specialist SEND Practitioners, EHCP Support Workers, Communication Support Workers, Study Support Assistants, Inclusion Support Staff and other learner-facing support roles required to meet individual learner needs and maintain continuity of support services
Lot #3Professional and Business Support Servicesceiling above
Provision of temporary, fixed-term, interim and project staffing services to support professional and business support functions across Orbital South Colleges, including East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art. Services may include Finance, MIS, Examinations, Admissions, Procurement, HR administration, Quality, Data, Compliance and customer-facing support roles. The framework will provide access to suitably qualified agency staff capable of supporting operational resilience, business continuity, specialist projects and temporary staffing requirements.
Indicative Staffing Need
Finance, MIS, exams, admissions, procurement, HR-adjacent administration, quality, data, compliance and customer-facing support roles.
Lot #4Estates, Facilities and Campus OperationsPublished value£200,000
Provision of temporary, fixed-term and interim staffing services to support estates, facilities and campus operations across Orbital South Colleges, including East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art. Services may include caretaking, facilities management support, site services, reception, reprographics, health and safety support, cleaning supervision and other operational roles required to support the safe and effective operation of College campuses.
Lot #5IT, Digital and Systems SupportPublished value£200,000
Provision of temporary, interim and specialist staffing services to support IT, digital and systems functions across Orbital South Colleges. Services may include service desk support, infrastructure support, network administration, cyber security, systems implementation, digital learning support, software and systems specialists, data analysts and other technical resources required to support College operations and projects
Lot #6Project, Interim and Specialist Consultancy Staffingceiling above
Provision of temporary, interim and specialist consultancy staffing to support strategic, operational and transformation activities across Orbital South Colleges. Services may include interim management, specialist curriculum support, finance, MIS, estates, procurement, compliance, quality improvement, project management, change management and other specialist expertise required to support time-limited projects or business-critical initiatives
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 (8)
- Compliance, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding Assurance: 20%
- Candidate Quality, Interview Process and Suitability Assurance: 15%
- Service Delivery, Mobilisation and Emergency Response: 14%
- Specialist Capability and Multi-Site FE Experience: 13%
- Business Standing, Financial Resilience and Governance: 8%
- Interview / Presentation / Sample Compliance Pack: 5%
- Pricing, Transparency and Value for Money: 15%
- Social Value, Added Value and Partnership Behaviours: 10%
Published award criteria (8)
- Compliance, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding Assurance: Evidence of safeguarding arrangements, safer recruitment processes, DBS and compliance controls, audit readiness and risk management.
- Candidate Quality, Interview Process and Suitability Assurance: Quality of candidate sourcing, assessment, interviewing, shortlisting and suitability assurance processes.
- Service Delivery, Mobilisation and Emergency Response: Ability to provide responsive account management, mobilisation, continuity and emergency staffing support
- Specialist Capability and Multi-Site FE Experience: Experience of supplying staff to FE environments and ability to support specialist staffing requirements.
- Pricing, Transparency and Value for Money: Rates, margins, pricing transparency and overall value for money
- Business Standing, Financial Resilience and Governance: Financial stability, organisational capability and governance arrangements
- Social Value, Added Value and Partnership Behaviours: Community benefit, sustainability, inclusion, workforce development and added value commitments
- Interview / Presentation / Sample Compliance Pack: Optional presentation or clarification stage assessment where required.
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Agency Staffing Framework 2026/27” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jul 2027
- First published
- 28 Jul 2026, 16:52 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 13:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
OSC-ASF-2026-27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071428- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d5c9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submission Address: [email protected]
Organisation Website: www.osc.ac.uk ↗
Special Instructions: Tenderers must submit completed tender responses electronically by the tender submission deadline. All submissions must clearly reference OSC-ASF-2026-27. Responses must include all documents requested within the ITT, pricing schedules, declarations and supporting evidence. Late submissions may not be considered. Clarification questions must be submitted by the published clarification deadline.
Timeline
28 Jul 2026 → 4 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published91 days ago28 Jul 2026, 16:52 BST
- Latest notice published88 days ago31 Jul 2026, 13:25 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends66 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown22 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts54 days ago4 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by53 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2026- Tender notice published28 Jul 2026, 16:52 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2026, 13:25 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 22 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST31 Jul 2026, 13:25 BST+0 days · was 22 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Published amendments (1)
Addendum 01 - Agency Staffing Framework 2026/27 (OSC-ASF-2026-27) Following publication of the Tender Notice, additional tender documents have been issued. The following appendices referenced within the ITT are now available and form part of the procurement documentation: • Appendix D - Candidate Compliance Pack Template / SCR Evidence Schedule • Appendix E - Financial Health Questionnaire • Ap…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender