Official UK procurement notice
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Agency Staff and Recruitment Services
Authority: The Sheffield College (Education)
The Sheffield College is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of temporary agency workers and recruitment services across a range of academic, curriculum support, business support, technical, professional and specialist roles. The framework will provide a compliant route for the engagement of temporary agency workers and the recruitment of permanent and fixed-term employees where required. The framework is anticipated to commence on 1st April 2027 for an initial period of two (2) years, with the option to extend for up to a further twenty-four (24) months at the College's discretion. The maximum framework term shall not exceed four (4) years. The College does not guarantee any minimum level of spend under the framework. Published lot titles: Teaching; Business Support; Estates, Facilities & Technical Staff; Senior & Interim Appointments.
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Sheffield College is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of temporary agency workers and recruitment services across a range of academic, curriculum support, business support, technical, professional and specialist roles.
The framework will provide a compliant route for the engagement of temporary agency workers and the recruitment of permanent and fixed-term employees where required. Services may include temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, executive search, candidate sourcing, advertising, screening, safeguarding checks and associated recruitment support services.
The framework is anticipated to commence on 1st April 2027 for an initial period of two (2) years, with the option to extend for up to a further twenty-four (24) months at the College's discretion. The maximum framework term shall not exceed four (4) years.
The estimated annual value of the framework is approximately £950,000, with an estimated total value of £3,800,000 inclusive of all extension options. The College does not guarantee any minimum level of spend under the framework.
CPV: Placement services of personnel · Recruitment services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
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
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework
The framework will operate as a multi-supplier framework agreement. The College intends to appoint multiple suppliers to provide temporary agency workers and recruitment services. Call-off contracts may be awarded by direct award or mini-competition, in accordance with the terms of the framework agreement. The College does not guarantee any minimum level of spend under the framework.
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1TeachingRenewalPublished value£0
Provision of temporary agency workers, permanent recruitment services and temporary-to-permanent recruitment solutions for teaching, training, assessment and curriculum delivery roles, including lecturers, tutors, assessors, IQAs, programme leaders and associated academic positions.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate appropriate financial standing and technical capacity to deliver the services. The College may assess financial stability using information provided within the tender response and publicly available financial information. Bidders must hold appropriate levels of employer's liability insurance, public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance and provide evidence upon request. The conditions of participation are the same for all lots.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must demonstrate the technical capability and professional experience necessary to provide recruitment and agency staffing services of a comparable scale and complexity, including appropriate safeguarding, compliance and candidate vetting procedures.
Lot #2Business SupportRenewalPublished value£0
Provision of temporary agency workers, permanent recruitment services and temporary-to-permanent recruitment solutions for business support and professional services roles, including administration, finance, HR, procurement, marketing, MIS, customer service and student services positions.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate appropriate financial standing and technical capacity to deliver the services. The College may assess financial stability using information provided within the tender response and publicly available financial information. Bidders must hold appropriate levels of employer's liability insurance, public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance and provide evidence upon request. The conditions of participation are the same for all lots.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must demonstrate the technical capability and professional experience necessary to provide recruitment and agency staffing services of a comparable scale and complexity, including appropriate safeguarding, compliance and candidate vetting procedures.
Lot #3Estates, Facilities & Technical StaffRenewalPublished value£0
Provision of temporary agency workers, permanent recruitment services and temporary-to-permanent recruitment solutions for estates, facilities, maintenance, engineering, technical and operational roles, including facilities management, trades, security, grounds maintenance and IT support positions
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate appropriate financial standing and technical capacity to deliver the services. The College may assess financial stability using information provided within the tender response and publicly available financial information. Bidders must hold appropriate levels of employer's liability insurance, public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance and provide evidence upon request. The conditions of participation are the same for all lots.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must demonstrate the technical capability and professional experience necessary to provide recruitment and agency staffing services of a comparable scale and complexity, including appropriate safeguarding, compliance and candidate vetting procedures.
Lot #4Senior & Interim AppointmentsRenewalPublished value£0
Provision of permanent recruitment, interim management, executive search and specialist recruitment services for senior leadership, management, project and strategic appointments across the College.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate appropriate financial standing and technical capacity to deliver the services. The College may assess financial stability using information provided within the tender response and publicly available financial information. Bidders must hold appropriate levels of employer's liability insurance, public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance and provide evidence upon request. The conditions of participation are the same for all lots.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must demonstrate the technical capability and professional experience necessary to provide recruitment and agency staffing services of a comparable scale and complexity, including appropriate safeguarding, compliance and candidate vetting procedures.
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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 30%
- Price: 70%
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate appropriate financial standing and technical capacity to deliver the services. The College may assess financial stability using information provided within the tender response and publicly available financial information. Bidders must hold appropriate levels of employer's liability insurance, public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance and provide evidence upon request. The conditions of participation are the same for all lots.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must demonstrate the technical capability and professional experience necessary to provide recruitment and agency staffing services of a comparable scale and complexity, including appropriate safeguarding, compliance and candidate vetting procedures.
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Agency Staff…” 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.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Sheffield College buys Placement services of personnel (CPV 7961), and who usually turns up
The Sheffield College has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Placement services of personnel (CPV 7961) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 75% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 19% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 88 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 28% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–38%
4–620%
7+68%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1TeachingCPV 79No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 132 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–38%
4–620%
7+68%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Business SupportCPV 79No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 132 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–38%
4–620%
7+68%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #3Estates, Facilities & Technical StaffCPV 79No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 132 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–38%
4–620%
7+68%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #4Senior & Interim AppointmentsCPV 79No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 132 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–38%
4–620%
7+68%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- 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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
TSC-STAFF-PEO-2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105654- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b65aFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 15 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published4 days ago6 Nov 2026, 12:07 GMT
- Today10 Nov 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 65 days · period end, not a bid countdown15 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 80 days29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 141 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Nov 2026, 12:07 GMTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender