Agency Staffing Framework 2026/27
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Submission Address: tenders@esc.ac.uk Organisation Website: www.osc.ac.uk Special Instructions: Tenderers must submit completed tender responses electronically by the tender submission deadline. All submissions must clearly reference OSC-ASF-2026-27. Responses must include all documents requested within the ITT, pricing schedules, declarations and supporting evidence. Late submissions may not be considered. Clarification questions must be submitted by the published clarification deadline.
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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.
Orbital South Colleges is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Agency Staffing Framework for the provision of temporary, fixed-term, emergency, interim and project staffing services across curriculum delivery, SEND and learner support, professional services, estates and facilities, IT and digital services, and specialist consultancy functions.
The framework will support East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art and will provide access to suitably qualified, education-sector compliant staffing agencies capable of responding to specialist, hard-to-fill, emergency and short-term staffing requirements.
What the supplier must deliver
The framework will support East Surrey College
The framework will support East Surrey College, John Ruskin College and Reigate School of Art and will provide access to suitably qualified, education-sector compliant staffing agencies capable of responding to specialist, hard-to-fill, emergency and short-term staffing requirements.
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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- tender · Open
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