Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour and Recruitment Services Framework 2025

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CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD

Value

£800,000,000

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Recruitment services

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Submission Deadline

5 months ago

Published

6 days ago

Description

The Cirrus Consortium is sought bids from service providers to participate in an agency labour & recruitment services framework covering the following lots:

- Lot 1: Professional services staff (including, but not limited to, administration, contact centre, IT, finance, HR, legal, specialist consultant, housing services, asset management staff)
a) Provision of temporary workers
b) Recruitment of permanent workers

- Lot 2: Manual services staff (including, but not limited to, plumbers, joiners, electricians, labourers, ancillary, catering staff)
a) Provision of temporary workers
b) Recruitment of permanent workers

- Lot 3: Executive and management level staff (including, but not limited to, senior management, directors, board members, technical roles)
a) Provision of temporary workers
b) Recruitment of permanent workers

- Lot 4: Neutral vendor (service providers that can manage a supply chain of agencies to deliver all roles required by a consortium member including those covered in lots 1-3)

- Lot 5: Master vendor (service providers that can deliver all roles required by a consortium member including those covered in lots 1-3)

In compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102, Halton Housing (Community Benefit Society Registration number: 7744) are the principle contracting authority for the establishment of this framework and Cirrus Purchasing Ltd are the managing agent on behalf of the Cirrus Consortium.

The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland. The framework is available for use by all contracting authorities as defined by Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102. Defined groups can be found in Schedule 4 of the Framework Agreement.

Additional information: The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland. The framework is available for use by all contracting authorities as defined by Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102, including but not limited to the defined groups referenced in Schedule 4 of the Framework Agreement (or those that supersede them). The framework is also available for use by all current and future members of The Consortium.

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