PfH Recruitment and Associated Services Framework
A Contract Award Notice
by PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year (est.)
- Value
- £20M-£30M
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 09 Oct 2023
- Delivery
- To 18 Sep 2027 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Birchwood
2 buyers
- Procurement for Housing Warrington
13 suppliers
- Service Care Solutions Preston
- Blue Arrow Luton
- Retinue Solutions Milton Keynes
- Reed Professional Services London
- Adecco Group UK & Ireland London
- Niyaa People Birmingham
- Think Recruitment Sutton Coldfield
- Total Assist Recruitment Romford
- Fusion People Whiteley
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Gloucestershire
- Circular Wave London
- Nuwe Consulting Denhead
- Keystone Employment Group No1 Dover
Description
Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and HouseMark. Collectively our Members manage more than 75% of UK’ social housing stock, with PfH helping them to achieve efficiency savings using a wide range of services including framework agreements, spend analyses, strategy reviews, consolidated billing and comprehensive reporting. PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and a central purchasing body under regulation 37 PCR 2015. Please refer to www.pfh.co.uk for additional information. PfH is administered by Inprova Limited and is headquartered in the North West of England with over 20 years of expertise and experience offering a complete procurement solutions package across outsourcing, technology and consultancy. By integrating procurement services and technology, Inprova operates as a delivery partner, supporting business performance improvement for the public sector. PfH sought to establish a Framework Agreement for Recruitment and Associated Services covering three lots: 1. Managed Recruitment Services 2. General Recruitment Services 3. Talent Bank Technology
Lot Division
| 1 | Managed Recruitment Services PfH sought to establish a framework for recruitment services over 3 lots. Lot 1 will provide recruitment services through a managed service provider. The MSPs appointed to the framework will be required to supply a fully managed recruitment service for temporary, interim and permanent labour requirements across all disciplines and geographical regions. The range of roles required include but are not limited to: — admin and clerical roles — care and support roles — executive roles — housing management roles — professional and technical roles — Soft FM Roles — trades and labour roles The MSPs will be required to supply candidates/workers through their own databank of potential employees or through a network of second tier suppliers. PfH awarded places on Lot 1 to five suppliers. |
| 2 | General Recruitment Services Lot 2 will provide general recruitment services. The successful service providers will be required to supply a recruitment service for temporary, interim and permanent labour requirements across a comprehensive range of job families and geographical areas. Roles include but are not limited to: — admin and clerical roles, — care and support roles, — executive roles, — housing management roles, — professional and technical roles, — soft FM roles, — Trades and labour roles. PfH awarded places on Lot 2 of the framework to 9 suppliers. |
| 3 | Talent Bank Technology Lot 4 will provide talent bank technology solutions. Successful suppliers will be required to provide talent bank technology solutions as Software as a Service to PfH Members. The technology solution will enable PfH Members to manage their own talent bank of temporary employees and will provide intuitive functionality for candidates and hiring managers. 4 Suppliers have been awarded onto this lot. |
Award Detail
| 1 | Service Care Solutions (Preston)
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| 2 | Blue Arrow (Luton)
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| 3 | Retinue Solutions (Milton Keynes)
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| 4 | Reed Professional Services (London)
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| 5 | Adecco Group UK & Ireland (London)
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| 6 | Service Care Solutions (Preston)
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| 7 | Niyaa People (Birmingham)
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| 8 | Blue Arrow (Luton)
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| 9 | Think Recruitment (Sutton Coldfield)
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| 10 | Reed Professional Services (London)
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| 11 | Total Assist Recruitment (Romford)
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| 12 | Adecco Group UK & Ireland (London)
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| 13 | Fusion People (Whiteley)
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| 14 | Pertemps Recruitment Partnership (Gloucestershire)
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| 15 | Retinue Solutions (Milton Keynes)
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| 16 | Circular Wave (London)
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| 17 | Nuwe Consulting (Denhead)
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| 18 | Keystone Employment Group No1 (Dover)
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Award Criteria
| Quality | 60.0 |
| PRICE | 40.0 |
CPV Codes
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 79610000 - Placement services of personnel
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- 79621000 - Supply services of office personnel
- 79611000 - Job search services
- 79635000 - Assessment centre services for recruitment
- 79623000 - Supply services of commercial or industrial workers
- 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
- 48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
- 79211110 - Payroll management services
Indicators
- Award on basis of price.
Other Information
This Framework may be used by any contracting authority listed in or referred to in the FTS Notice. This includes: All current members of PfH at the time of the FTS notice for this procurement; Any registered provider of social housing (or Welsh registered social landlord ,or Scottish registered social registered social landlord) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any public authority (as defined in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for public authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland, or as defined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish public authorities) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any local authority (as defined in the Local Government Act 1972 for public authorities in England and Wales or as defined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for Scottish local authorities or as defined in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for local authorities in Northern Ireland) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any housing Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the above Organisations; educational establishments and any other contracting authority listed on the following page of the PfH website : http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the FTS notice for this procurement. (MT Ref:230463)
Reference
- FTS 029648-2023