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Published 23 Sept 2022, 13:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour and Recruitment Services Framework 2022

Official notice

Authority: Cirrus Consortium C/O Halton Housing·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement9 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£100,000,000total for 9 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 24 Oct 2022awarded 19 Dec 2022
Lots 9see the lot list below

What is being bought9 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Consortium sought bids from service providers to participate in an agency labour and recruitment services framework covering a full range of roles required by consortium members across England, Scotland and Wales. Services include: - Temporary staff placements - Staff on a temporary to fixed term basis - Staff on a temporary to permanent basis - Recruitment of permanent staff positions - Interim placements - Managed service provision (MSP)- Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)The framework is split into 5 lots. The 4 year framework is expected to commence during January 2023.

  • Recurrence: 2026

CPV: Recruitment services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 100 suppliers · 40 bids received (0.4 per place) · 35 appointed
Electronic auction

An electronic auction will not be used as part of selection onto the Framework Agreement. However Consortium Members reserve the right to conduct mini-competitions through e-auctions.

Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure

9 lots · 7 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot

Every one of these 7 lots carries the same published figure, £100,000,000: 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 #1Lot estimate not published
Delivery: UK
79600000 Recruitment services
Lot #2Neutral vendorAwardedRenewalceiling above

Neutral vendor (service providers that can manage a supply chain of agencies to deliver all roles required by a consortium member including those covered in lots 1-3). Bidders who are submitting for lot 4 must be able to provide personnel covering all roles identified in lots 1 to 3.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #3Master vendorCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published

Master vendor (service providers that can deliver all roles required by a consortium member including those covered in lots 1-3). Bidders who are submitting for lot 5 must be able to provide personnel covering all roles identified in lots 1 to 3.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #4Professional services staffAwardedRenewalceiling above

Professional services staff (including, but not limited to, administration, contact centre, IT, finance, HR, legal, specialist consultant, housing services, asset management staff), provision of temporary workers.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #5Professional services staffAwardedRenewalceiling above

Professional services staff (including, but not limited to, administration, contact centre, IT, finance, HR, legal, specialist consultant, housing services, asset management staff), recruitment of permanent workers.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #6Manual services staffCancelledRenewalceiling above

Manual services staff (including, but not limited to, plumbers, joiners, electricians, labourers, ancillary, catering staff), provision of temporary workers.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #7Manual services staffCancelledRenewalceiling above

Manual services staff (including, but not limited to, plumbers, joiners, electricians, labourers, ancillary, catering staff), recruitment of permanent workers.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #8Executive and management level staffCancelledRenewalceiling above

Executive and management level staff (including, but not limited to, senior management, directors, board members, technical roles), provision of temporary workers.

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Lot #9Executive and management level staffCancelledRenewalceiling above

Executive and management level staff (including, but not limited to, senior management, directors, board members, technical roles), recruitment of permanent workers

Delivery: UK · The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
Extensions: The framework will be re-tendered to ensure sufficient coverage for the Consortium members.Variant bids: not allowed
79600000 Recruitment services79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSplit
4 · Professional services staff70%30%
5 · Professional services staff70%30%
6 · Manual services staff70%30%
7 · Manual services staff70%30%
8 · Executive and management level staff70%30%
9 · Executive and management level staff70%30%
2 · Neutral vendor70%30%
3 · Master vendor80%20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Any supplier may be disqualified who has been convicted of:(a) conspiracy within the meaning of section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977(a) or article 9 or 9A of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983(b) where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime(c);(b) corruption within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889(d) or section 1of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906(e);(c) the common law offence of bribery;(d) bribery within the meaning of sections 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010(f), or section 113 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(g);(e) where the offence relates to fraud affecting the European Communities` financial interests as defined by Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities(h):(i) the common law offence of cheating the Revenue;(ii) the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud;(iii) fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968(i), the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(j), the Theft Act 1978(k) or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(l);(iv) fraudulent trading within the meaning of section 458 of the Companies Act 1985(m), article 451 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(n) or section 993 of the Companies Act 2006(o);(v) fraudulent evasion within the meaning of section 170 …

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20–30 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
  • “Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour and Recruitment Services Framework 2022” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 100 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 2026
First published
23 Sept 2022, 13:54 BST
Last source update
7 Jul 2025, 11:19 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Oct 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037687
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment servicesSupply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036afe Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This tender process incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award was communicated to tenderers. Appeals could be directly raised via the contact points detailed in section VI.4.1 of this contract award notice. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland. The framework is available for use by all contracting authorities as defined by Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102, including but not limited to the definable groups referenced in Schedule 4 of the Framework Agreement. The framework is also available for use by all current and future members of The Consortium. Please see original contract award notice for all awarded suppliers.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Oct 2022, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.in-tendhost.co.uk/cirruspurchasing/asp… ↗

Timeline

24 Oct 2022 → 7 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Oct 2022, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 11:19 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jan 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Jan 2023, 21:31 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    7 Jul 2025, 11:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 35admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 4028 from SMEs
Contracts signed 20latest 19 Dec 2022

35 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 001344-2023-1-1

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-10-10

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-11-11

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-12-12

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-13-13

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-14-14

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-15-15

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-16-16

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-17-17

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-18-18

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-19-19

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-2-2

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-20-20

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-21-21

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-22-22

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-23-23

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-24-24

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-25-25

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-26-26

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 001344-2023-27-27

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · Neutral vendor40bids · 40 electronic · 1 from abroad28——
4 · Professional services staff40bids · 40 electronic · 1 from abroad28——
5 · Professional services staff40bids · 40 electronic · 1 from abroad28——
Whole notice40bids · 40 electronic · 1 from abroad28——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Cirrus Consortium C/O Halton Housing

Contracting authorityCentral Purchasing Body10 GB-MPR: 7744 Waterfront Point, Warrington Road, Widnes, UK, WA8 0TDContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

35 commercial parties on the notice
Show 25 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria