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# Recruitment Agency Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-agency-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hillcrest: "Recruitment Agency Framework Agreement". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hillcrest](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hillcrest-urn-133247)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 November 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-agency-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef`

## 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/recruitment-agency-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-agency-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef#participate

## Description
Framework Agreement for Recruitment Agency Services. (Temp and Perm Staff). We operate over several geographical areas meaning that provision could be required in any of these areas including – Dundee, Angus, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire and the Lothians.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Corporate & Administrative Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Corporate & Administrative Services roles

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Homes & Enterprises - Housing
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Homes & Enterprises - Housing roles

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Hillcrest Maintenance - Trades
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Hillcrest Maintenance - Trades roles

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Hillcrest Futures - Care Services
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Hillcrest Futures - Care Services roles

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** Homes & Enterprises - Housing (active)
  - Award id: `011754-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Community Resourcing Limited, Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72930`, `GB-FTS-163593`
  - Value: £60,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Hillcrest Maintenance - Trades (active)
  - Award id: `011754-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Community Resourcing Limited, Search Consultancy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72930`, `GB-FTS-185009`
  - Value: £132,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Hillcrest Futures - Care Services (active)
  - Award id: `011754-2025-3`
  - Supplier(s): **ASA International Ltd, trading as ASA Recruitment, Search Consultancy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-82498`, `GB-FTS-185009`
  - Value: £468,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Corporate & Administrative Services (active)
  - Award id: `011754-2025-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited, Venesky Brown Recruitment Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-163593`, `GB-FTS-94159`
  - Value: £150,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** Homes & Enterprises - Housing (active)
  - Signed Value: £60,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2025

- **Contract:** Hillcrest Maintenance - Trades (active)
  - Signed Value: £132,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2025

- **Contract:** Hillcrest Futures - Care Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £468,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2025

- **Contract:** Corporate & Administrative Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011754-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-28T12:22:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T22:15:47.794Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04a4ef