Aspire Academy Trust Supply Agency Services
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£10.0m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
23 Jul 2025
Description
The proposed contract will be for the provision of supply agency services for all schools belonging to the Trust. The Trust is looking to appoint a Supply Agency and is seeking a single provider to supply this service. It is the Trust's expectation that the Provider shall be responsible for the operation of the supply agency function and provide both emergency and planned absence cover for teachers and teaching assistants including the following requirements: a. Availability of agency workers that have the required levels of competence and experience to cover the booking requests. b. Provision of a dedicated Account Manager for the Trust c. Best Value for money d. Robust vetting procedures e. Comprehensive management information and reporting, with a dedicated platform f. High levels of school satisfaction. g. Consistently high-performance levels which meet or exceed KPI requirements. h. Consolidated invoicing weekly/ monthly as required. i. Provision of training and expert advice on any legislative requirements related to Agency Workers.
Scope
- Reference
- ASP01.52
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 01 Sept 2025 to 31 Aug 2028Possible extension to 31 Aug 2030
Two further one year extensions (3+1+1)
- CPV classifications
- 79620000
- Contract locations
- South West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Provider | — | quality | 20.00% |
| Provision of Temporary Workers | — | quality | 12.50% |
| Vetting Process & Procedures | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Contract Mobilisation & Management | — | quality | 17.50% |
| Overall | — | cost | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
A financial appraisal will be based upon a credit check. Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the requirements indicated below or equivalent: a. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation b. The Association of Professional Staffing Companies c. Standards in Recruitment
Provide 3 relevant previous contract examples To constitute a pass, the contract examples provided shall be relevant to the requirement, with a sufficient level of detail that provides confidence in the Tenderer’s established past experience in similar and relevant projects/contracts. The contracts must be within the education sector and similar complexity and working on more than one site within the contract.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£10.0m
Award date
20 Jul 2025
Contract start
31 Aug 2025
Contract end
31 Aug 2028
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 20 Jul 2025 · Contract period 31 Aug 2025 — 31 Aug 2028
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Full notice and award history for this contracting authority is on the buyer profile.
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Cross-buyer view of this supplier's public-sector wins.
| Title | Type | Value | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Agency Staff YCST | call off | — | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Supply Staff Transform Trust | call off | — | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Framework to provide Supply Agency Staff Services | contract | — | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Framework to provide Supply Agency Staff Services | contract | — | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Aspire Academy Trust Supply Agency Services | contract | — | 03 Dec 2025 |
| Aspire Academy Trust Supply Agency Services | contract | — | 03 Nov 2025 |
| Truro & Penwith Academy Trust - Provision of Supply Agency Services & Preferred Provider List | contract | — | 30 Oct 2023 |
| Temporary Workers & Supply Teachers | contract | — | 19 Sept 2023 |
| Eko Trust - Invitation to Tender for Agency Staffing Framework | contract | — | 12 Sept 2023 |
| Framework for the provision of Supply Teachers and Educational Temporary Agency Workers to Leeds Schools and schools purchasing the Schools combined HR and H&S SLA | contract | — | 22 Dec 2021 |