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title: "IA3002 Managed Service for the Provision of Temporary  and Interim Human Resources - Direct Award via ESPO MSTAR4 653F_23 Framework - Lot 1a Neutral Vendor"
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# IA3002 Managed Service for the Provision of Temporary  and Interim Human Resources - Direct Award via ESPO MSTAR4 653F_23 Framework - Lot 1a Neutral Vendor

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia3002-managed-service-for-the-provision-of-temporary-and-interim-human-resources-direct-a-ocds-h6vhtk-046de1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Staffordshire County Council: "IA3002 Managed Service for the Provision of Temporary  and Interim Human Resources - Direct Award via ESPO MSTAR4 653F_23 Framework - Lot 1a Neutral Vendor". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Staffordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/staffordshire-county-council-ons-e10000028)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- **Delivery Location:** UKG2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £30,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046de1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia3002-managed-service-for-the-provision-of-temporary-and-interim-human-resources-direct-a-ocds-h6vhtk-046de1#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this procurement is to source a managed service to supply temporary agency and interim staffing.  
Staffordshire County Council is one of the largest employers in the county, employing around 6800 people.  The Council makes significant use of Temporary and Interim Human Resources as they offer vital resource for the County Council. Temporary staffing forms a valuable, highly flexible key resource to assist the Council in delivering services. The managed service's purpose is to mitigate these risks and provide a complete service in sourcing temporary HR, performing the necessary compliance checks and to provide SCC with robust MI.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The supply of temporary human resources via a managed service. The managed service is a neutral vendor meaning they do not supply the resource directly but use the wider market.

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Managed Service for the Provision of Temporary  and Interim Human Resources - Direct Award via ESPO MSTAR4 653F_23 Framework - Lot 1a Neutral Vendor (active)
  - Award id: `017559-2024-IA3002-1`
  - Supplier(s): **COMENSURA LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-04085767`
  - Value: £30,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Managed Service for the Provision of Temporary  and Interim Human Resources - Direct Award via ESPO MSTAR4 653F_23 Framework - Lot 1a Neutral Vendor (active)
  - Signed Value: £30,000,000
  - Signed Date: 27/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017559-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-06T09:28:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:29:09.355Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046de1