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title: "The Provision of Recruitment Agency Services"
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# The Provision of Recruitment Agency Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-recruitment-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Water: "The Provision of Recruitment Agency Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £150,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Water](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-water-coh-sc207004)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £150,000,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 June 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-recruitment-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e`

## 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/the-provision-of-recruitment-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com%2FProSpend__CS_PublicLandingPage%3FSearchType%3DProjects)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-recruitment-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e#participate

## Description
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to appoint a single supplier to manage provision of contingent workers under a Managed Service Programme (MSP).   SW currently engages agency workers from seven framework suppliers who provide workers for specific disciplines.   <br/><br/>The MSP provider will deliver the following services: <br/>Fulfilment of all SW’s agency worker requirements <br/>Management of all SW’s current agency workers <br/>Fulfilment of agency workers for SW’s capital investment programme.  These workers are engaged and managed by SW’s strategic delivery partners.   <br/>Sourcing of candidates for permanent recruitment.  SW’s primary approach is direct recruitment for permanent positions, so this service only applies in limited circumstances when direct recruitment has failed or for hard-to-fill positions <br/>Management of sub-agencies used to provide contingent workers<br/>Sourcing of contingent workers to provide project and other services

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £150,000,000
- **Description:** Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to appoint a single supplier to manage provision of contingent workers under a Managed Service Programme (MSP).   SW currently engages agency workers from seven framework suppliers who provide workers for specific disci...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 065689-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Guidant Global UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-59819`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 065689-2026-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 19/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065689-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-13T14:01:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T06:43:56.318Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050b1e