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Halton Borough Council and Commercials Services Kent Ltd t/a Connect2Halton

Invitation to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of Temporary Agency, Contractor and Interim Agencies for Preferred Supplier Listing (PSL) Status for Halton Borough Council – Y25002

Business ServicesCPV 79600000
Value£100.0m
Deadline30 Aug 2030
Published21 May 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 21 May 20241458 days leftCloses 30 Aug 2030
Who to contact
Gail Baker
csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk
+44 1622476848

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£100.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£108.0m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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Halton Borough Council and Commercials Services Kent Ltd t/a Connect2Halton has published 3 Business Services notices, about every 13 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around September 2027.


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The brief

Halton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services Limited T/A Connect2Halton, is a joint venture between Halton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services Kent Ltd (CSKL) (a wholly owned business of Kent County Council), newly formed for the purpose of delivering services back to Halton Borough Council and CSKL respectively, for the benefit of the communities that it serves.

This opportunity will allow Connect2Halton to offer a recruitment managed service approach to the temporary agency, contractor and interim recruitment needs of Halton Borough Council, with an option for managed services to Halton Borough Council maintained schools and Academy Trusts/Multi Academy Trusts.

Connect2Halton are seeking temporary recruitment and interim worker agencies to join the DPS

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
Invitation to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of Temporary Agency, Contractor and Interim Agencies for Preferred Supplier Listing (PSL) Status for Halton Borough Council – Y25002

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046958
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
016048-2024
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