Issue - meetings
Authority to award a contract for the Managed Service for Temporary Agency Staff
Meeting: 28/07/2025 - Cabinet (Item 12)
12 Authority to Award Contract for Temporary Recruitment Services (Managed Service Provider) 
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This report details the proposed award of the contract for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply temporary agency staff. This report provides an overview of the process undertaken in procuring a contract and, following the completion of the evaluation of the bids, seeks approval to the recommended award of the contract.
Additional documents:
- 10a. Appendix 1(exempt) - Name of Tenderers , View reasons restricted (12/2)
- 10b. Appendix 2 - Evaluation Criteria, item 12
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- 10c. Appendix 3 - Evaluation Grid, item 12
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- 10d. Appendix 4 - Equality Impact Assessment, item 12
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- Webcast for Authority to Award Contract for Temporary Recruitment Services (Managed Service Provider)
Decision:
Cabinet RESOLVED to approve the award of the contract for a Managed Service for Temporary Agency Staff Services to Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd for five years in the sum of three years plus an optional two-year extension.
Eligible for call-in: Yes
Deadline for submission of call-in: 6pm on Monday 4 August 25
Minutes:
Once again in Councillor Mili Patel’s (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources) absence, Councillor Muhammed Butt (as Leader of the Council) introduced a report from the Corporate Director Finance & Resources seeking approval (based on an overview of the procurement process undertaken) to the proposed award of a contract for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply temporary agency staff. reliable and good quality agency staff workforce in order to provide the necessary cover (where required) to ensure the continued delivery of key frontline services across the borough, which the proposed contract award for the MPS had been designed to enable.
Alongside the provision of a Managed Service Provider, members were also advised and welcomed the ongoing efforts being made to reduce the dependency and spend on agency workers, given the significant costs associated with their use, which it was noted had resulted in a reduction in spend during 2024-25 of more than £7m and also supported the continued efforts and wider benefits associated in seeking to sustain a healthy, dedicated workforce for the people of Brent.
Having noted the information contained within the exempt appendix of the report, Cabinet RESOLVED to approve the award of the contract for a Managed Service for Temporary Agency Staff Services to Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd for five years in the sum of three years plus an optional two-year extension.