Award

Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts

  • Gloucestershire County Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-075026

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e3e9 (view related notices)

Published 19 November 2025, 9:08am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Gloucestershire County Council

Shire Hall, Westgate Street

Gloucester

GL12TG

Contact

Strategic Procurement

Email

strategicprocurement@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1452425000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts

Reference number

DN628562

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following:

- Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £70,000,000 / Highest offer: £101,000,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following:

- Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m.

This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was procured via Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), Lot 1 (Managing temporary recruitment for Local Authorities - Ref: 00942) for a period of 3+2 years (contract start date - 5th December 2022).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality inc social value / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

A competition has been undertaken via a framework so initial notice not necessary.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

DN628562

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

24 August 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Comensura limited

Bedfordshire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH24 - Bedford
Companies House

04085767

Internet address

https://www.comensura.com/

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £101,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucester

GL1 2TG

Country

United Kingdom