Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of Temporary Agency, Contractor and Interim Agencies for Preferred Supplier Listing (PSL) Status for Luton Borough Council - Y21001
Authority: Luton and Kent Commercial Services LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLuton & Kent Commercial Services T/A Connect2Luton (C2L) is a joint venture between Luton Borough Council (LBC) and Commercial Services Kent Ltd (CSKL) (a wholly owned business of Kent County Council), newly formed for the purpose of delivering services back to LBC and CSKL respectively for the benefit of the communities that it serves. This opportunity will allow C2L to offer a recruitment managed service approach to the temporary, interim and contractor recruitment needs of LBC, with an option for managed services to either and/or LBC maintained Schools and Academies within the borough of Luton.
CPV: Recruitment services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of Temporary Agency, Contractor and…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Recruitment services (CPV 7960), and who usually turns up
Luton and Kent Commercial Services LLP has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Recruitment services (CPV 7960) →
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Lot #1CPV 7960Published estimate£150m
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1 bid1%
2–33%
4–68%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
KPMGLarge | £570m147 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 39 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=23 |
BDO LLPLarge | £19m49 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 14 live · £5.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 |
| £4.9m20 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £282k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Pinsent Masons LLPLarge | £1.4m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £2.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 |
| £2.4m6 awards in 36m · last 25 months ago | 1 live · £9.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 May 2023, 10:04 BST
- Last source update
- 31 May 2023, 10:04 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015337- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d071Find a Tender
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. This exercise is supplemental to the original notice in OJEU 2020/2 120-293584 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK-UK-West-Malling:-Recruitment-services.:-Recruit:-Recruitment-services./6B5HDZSNVP" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK-UK-West-Malling:-Recruitment-services.:-Recruit:-Recruitment-services./6B5HDZSNVP</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6B5HDZSNVP" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6B5HDZSNVP</a> GO Reference: GO-2023531-PRO-23090669
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 30 Jan 2028, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 May 2023 → 30 Jan 2028 · 2 dates- Notice published31 May 2023, 10:04 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Jan 2028, 14:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial ServicesReview body
- Commercial Services Kent LtdMediation bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.