Award

Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers

  • London Borough of Hillingdon

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-083078

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f624 (view related notices)

Published 15 December 2025, 6:26pm



Scope

Description

Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers for a contract period of 15 weeks.


Contract 1. Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers

Supplier

Contract value

  • £5,340,000 excluding VAT
  • £6,408,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

15 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 21 December 2025 to 5 April 2026
  • 3 months, 16 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79600000 - Recruitment services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement

The contracting authority intends to make a direct award under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 for a short-term extension of the incumbent services contract. This extension, for approximately 15 weeks, is required to maintain continuity of critical services while a new supplier-appointed through a compliant procurement process-completes mobilisation. The additional services do not substantially alter the scope of the original contract and are necessary to avoid service disruption. Running a separate competition for this short period would be disproportionate and risk operational failure. Section 42 (life or death/extreme urgency) is not relied upon; the justification is based on the need for additional services from the existing supplier without substantial change.


Supplier

MATRIX SCM LIMITED

  • Companies House: 02227962
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWYC-3428-NJYN

2nd Floor, Partis House

Milton Keynes

MK5 8HJ

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ12 - Milton Keynes

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Managed Services Provider (Neutral Vendor) for Temporary Agency Workers


Contracting authority

London Borough of Hillingdon

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHZZ-4724-NYPH

Civic Centre

Uxbridge

UB8 1UW

United Kingdom

Region: UKI74 - Harrow and Hillingdon

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government