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# WME - Framework Agreement for the provision of Regional Agency Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wme-framework-agreement-for-the-provision-of-regional-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e9e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Staffordshire County Council: "WME - Framework Agreement for the provision of Regional Agency Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Staffordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/staffordshire-county-council-ons-e10000028)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business organisation services, Placement services of personnel, Recruitment services, Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e9e5`

## 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/wme-framework-agreement-for-the-provision-of-regional-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e9e5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wme-framework-agreement-for-the-provision-of-regional-agency-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e9e5#participate

## Description
West Midlands Employers (WME) is a not-for-profit Regional Employers’ Organisation created under the Trade Union & Labour Relations Act, offering employer advisory and people support services to its 32 shareholder councils in the West Midlands (who own the Authority) and the wider public sector. Its members are a blend of, predominantly 32 local authorities and some children’s trusts, police and fire authorities, the West Midlands Combined Authority and other public sector bodies.
WME wishes to invite interested potential bidders to participate in a procurement process to utilise a Framework Agreement for the identification of a single supplier to provide a Regional Agency Provision. The Successful Bidder will engage directly with WME’s members to support the delivery of an enhanced agency service and work with WME to support the ambitions of a Regional Workforce Strategy

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79610000, 79620000, 79996000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** WME wishes to invite interested potential bidders to participate in a procurement process to utilise a Framework Agreement for the identification of a single supplier to provide a Regional Agency Provision. The Successful Bidder will engage directly ...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010827-2022-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Opus People Solutions**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-138077`
  - Value: £126,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010827-2022-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £126,000,000
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010827-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-27T12:59:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T06:23:45.972Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e9e5