Decision - Agency Contract for Temporary Staffing

1.     That Cabinet gives approval for a tender exercise to be carried out in compliance with the European Union Public Procurement Directive to re-let Brighton & Hove City Council for the provision of agency workers for all directorates across the council; the contract should incorporate both requests for temporary and interim workers.

2.     That Cabinet agrees that the contract will start on 20 March 2010 for a period of 5 years with an option to extend a further two years.

3.     That, following the tender process, Cabinet gives approval for a report to come back to a special meeting of the Central Services Cabinet Member Meeting to award the contact

Following a tender process in line with both EU and council regulations the contractor will need to demonstrate through his tender submission and subsequent presentation that they are the company which has provided most evidence to support they ability to deliver on this contract.

The contract will support a number of the council’s priorities in both better use of public money and increased opportunities for employment of local people contributing to the growth of the local economy.

Consideration of an in-house bid has been reviewed in view of the payment complexities and the variety of workers requested this is not operationally or financially viable.

The option of a master vendor model (single provider) has been considered. This would damage our relationship with niche providers who are locally based and source workers locally.