Find a Tender · Forecast
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
653F_27 Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources (MSTAR5)
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £3,333,333,333Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 28 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
ESPO have been conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a national framework for the appointment of a Managed Service Provider to manage a supply chain of agencies to fulfil a customer's staffing needs. Services available include Neutral/Master Vendor, Vendor Management System (VMS), Talent Pool Technology and Statement of Works (Project Delivery).
Please note this is not a call for competition, the tender documentation is not yet available.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79600000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 15 Apr 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 April 2026.
Release 034054-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 042055-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Jul 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 28 July 2026. Stated change: Extension to the Engagement deadline as market engagement is now expected to be completed in August (not July as originally estimated). Please note that the deadline for RFI responses has now passed, meaning new responses (of the RFI) can no longer be considered as part of this market engagement exercise (with all remaining activity focusing on those responses already received).
Release 071246-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Aug 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 28 August 2026. Stated change: Extension to the Engagement deadline as market engagement is now expected to be completed in October (not August as originally estimated). Please note that the deadline for RFI responses has passed, meaning new responses (of the RFI) can no longer be considered as part of this market engagement exercise (with all remaining activity focusing on those responses already received).
Release 082070-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-0682a3
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · planned
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 4 Sep 2026, 08:09 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 09:09 GMT
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