Temporary & Permanent Staffing

Official notice

Authority: New College Durham (Charity / VCSE)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 24 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to The Supply Register Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Temporary & Permanent Staffing project was to source an appropriate organisation who could offer a Managed Service to provide New College Durham with temporary and permanent staff across a range of support, managerial and academic roles. The managed service route would provide New College Durham with a third party to manage the workforce, including vendor management, recruitment and onboarding/due diligence.

CPV: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

Extensions: Agreement will be an initial period of 2 years, with an optional 3 year extension given satisfactory performance. Performance will be evaluated throughout the initial period and through internal review prior to the extension being granted.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 6 Jul 2026, 12:09 BST
Last source update: 6 Jul 2026, 12:09 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-063161
Classification (CPV): Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area: North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06c438 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: No prior publication was provided as the procurement was a compliant direct award using a framework agreement (PCR2015). The framework used was Temporary & Permanent Staffing (Ref: CPC/RL/01/2022). This procurement awarded to the supplier with the highest cost and quality score, compliant with the detail provided within the framework agreement.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Supply Register LtdSME	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Temporary & Permanent Staffing · The Supply Register LtdSME
Signed
24 Jun 2026
Value
—
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
Temporary & Permanent Staffing project was to source an appropriate organisation who…	1bids	—	—	£25,000,000 – £25,000,001
Whole notice	—	—	—	£2,500,000 – £2,500,001

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

New College Durham

Contracting authorityCharity / VCSESub-Central Authority - Educational ProviderEducation GB-CHC: XR6326 Framwellgate Moor Campus, Durham, North East, DH15ESContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

The Supply Register LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10208779 Keele, West Midlands, ST5 5NS

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.