HCC - 10/26 - The Provision of a Recruitment Agency Framework
Hertfordshire County Council · East of England · up to £46,000,000
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What the buyer wants
Hertfordshire County Council is procuring a Recruitment Agency Framework to provide agency workers across various job types and sectors, including professional, industrial, social care, educational psychology, and local government roles. The framework will be used by the Council and several participating local authorities to source agency workers compliantly and efficiently.
Hertfordshire County Council is currently out to procurement for the Provision of a Recruitment Agency Framework
The purpose of this procurement is to establish a new framework for recruitment agency services, enabling managers to source agency workers in a compliant and efficient manner. The Framework Agreement will be awarded and administered by Hertfordshire County Council on its own behalf. Participating Bodies will be responsible for managing their own call off contracts. For the purposes of this Framework Agreement, the following organisations are deemed Participating Bodies:
• Broxbourne Borough Council
• Dacorum Borough Council
• East Herts Council
• Hertsmere Borough Council
• North Hertfordshire District Council
• St Albans City and District Council
• Stevenage Borough Council
• Three Rivers District Council
• Watford Borough Council
• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
The Council intends for this Framework Agreement to be flexible and meet the needs of the Council and the Participating Bodies
The job types required under this Framework Agreement have been split into Lots and each Lot has job roles within. These have been outlined along with their specific requirements in Annexes 1 to 8 to the Specification.
To ensure the highest quality provision to each Lot, the Council will limit the number of suppliers awarded to each Lot. The maximum number of awards per Lot is set out in the table below:
Supplier Limits per lot
Lot number Lot Title Supplier Limit
Lot 1 Professional and Technical 2 Agencies per Job Type
Lot 2 Industrial Up to a maximum of 10 Agencies
Lot 3 Social Care (Adults) 3 Agencies
Lot 4 Qualified/ Registered Social Care 3 Agencies
Lot 5 Educational Psychology Services Unlimited
Lot 6 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 3 Agencies
Lot 7 District Council & Borough Council Job Types 2 Agencies per job family.
Full details are in the Instructions to Tenderers and Specification, Schedule 1 of the Framework Agreement
This procurement is an open process. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.
To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline of 12 noon on the 20th November 2026
Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Framework formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate.
Please note that the Framework requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
The Council reserves the right at any time to cease the procurement process and not award the Framework or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the Council takes up this right, then they will not be responsible for or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any organisation or tenderer as a result.
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How Tenderoo reads it
This is a framework agreement: a place on it puts you on the buyer's approved list, which they call work off from over the term. It is not a single job, and a small firm can hold a place alongside national suppliers.
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Recruitment agency services
- Provision of agency workers across multiple job types and sectors
What you will need to show
- Complete and submit Tender by deadline — Suppliers must submit a completed Tender by 12 noon on 20 November 2026 to be considered.
- Express interest and opt in to access full procurement documents — Suppliers must express interest and opt in via the e-tendering system to access full procurement documents.
- Submit questions via procurement website only — Any questions about the procurement must be submitted through the official procurement website as per the procurement documents.
- Framework agreement executed as a deed — Suppliers should be aware that the resulting Framework Agreement will be executed as a deed and seek independent legal advice if necessary.
- Supplier limits per lot — Suppliers must comply with the maximum number of awards per lot as specified, e.g., 2 agencies per job type for Lot 1, up to 10 agencies for Lot 2, etc.
Lots
- Professional and Technical (up to £390,000) — The provision of Professional and Technical Agency workers for Lot 1
- Industrial (up to £3,800,000) — The provision of Industrial Agency workers for Lot 2
- Social Care (Adults) (up to £12,000,000) — The provision of Social Care (Adults) Agency workers for Lot 3
- Qualified/ Registered Social Care (up to £1,010,000) — The provision of Qualified/Registered Social Care Agency workers for Lot 4
- Educational Psychology Services (up to £13,000,000) — The provision of Education Psychology Services Agency workers for Lot 5
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) (up to £2,800,000) — The provision of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Agency workers for Lot 6
- District Council & Borough Council Job Families (up to £13,000,000) — The provision of District Council & Borough Council Job Families Agency workers for Lot 7
Key facts
- Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
- Estimated value: up to £46,000,000
- Deadline: 20 November 2026
- Location: East of England
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 23 October 2026
- CPV: 79000000, 79600000, 79610000, 79620000, 79621000, 79623000, 79624000, 79630000
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