Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:37:49 +0000
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Agency worker: Agreements, Contracts, pay scales 9/086
From: "Mogg, Trevor" <
[email address]>
To: "[FOI #7779 email]" <[email address]>
Dear Mr Blair
Please accept our apologies for the delay in replying to your recent
Freedom of Information request concerning agency workers.
Your request has been considered and our response together with your
request is shown below.
:- Contracts or equivalent information/documents
1.1) Copies of any contracts you have for the provision of
temporary worker agency staff, with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff/workers. Contracts you may have with
individual agency staff recruitment businesses/services, hereafter
called 'Vendors'. Or contracts you may have with organisations
like, Comensura, Manpower, Reed, hereafter called 'Managed Service
Provider' who provide Master/Vendor Neutral framework to managed
all vendors on behalf of Public Authorities like yourselves. A
sample FOI disclosed Managed Service Provider agreement can be
downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/mastervendorcontractContracts between the Council and its suppliers are commercially
confidential and are exempted under section 43 (2) Part II of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000
:- Hourly Pay scales/rates with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff.
1.2) A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly
pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use
each Vendor via a Managed Service Provider framework. If you do you
use a Managed Service Provider please also provide a copy of the
pay-scales/rates that are used by the Managed Service Provider to
manage all these Vendors. Please ensure any provided pay-scale
information provided explains how many years of experience is
required to be applicable to any specific hourly rate.
The Council has entered into an agreement with Reed Managed Services plc
to supply its agency staff. The attached file details companies that
Reed Managed Services plc use in respect of the provision of social
care/social workers.
The pay rates agreed with Reed Managed Services plc were provided in
confidence and form part of the overall contract. These are exempted
under section 43 (2) Part II of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
However, we can supply details of the multiplier that is applied to the
basic pay rate that is used to determine the charge for providing social
care/social workers. Please see attached file.
:- Panel Vendor Agreement or equivalent information/documents
1.3 A copy of any contract/agreement used by yourself or any
Managed Service Provider to manage individual Vendors through any
Master/Vendor Neutral framework you operate or participate in, this
is sometimes called a Panel Vendor Agreement. A sample FOI
disclosed Panel Vendor Agreement can be downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/panelvendoragreementContracts between the Council and its suppliers are commercially
confidential and are exempted under section 43 (2) Part II of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000
To help clarify these requests 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, you can download:
A sample FOI disclosed Panel Vendor Agreement can be downloaded
via:
http://www.filedropper.com/panelvendoragreement and Sample FOI disclosed pay scale/rates information can be downloaded
via:
http://www.filedropper.com/agencypayscalesratesA sample FOI disclosed Managed Service Provider agreement can be
downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/mastervendorcontractPlease also indicate whether any of the information requested 1.1,
1.2, 1.3 has ever been disclosed before under the FOI Act.
This information has not previously been requested under the Freedom of
Information Act
If you require any further information please feel free to contact me
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please
contact, Chris Loynes, Head of Citizenship and Member's Services, Room
338 London Borough of Bexley, Civic Offices, Broadway, Bexleyheath, DA6
7LB.
Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at: Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Yours sincerely
Trevor Mogg
Senior Financial Technician
London Borough of Bexley
[email address]Direct dial 020 8294 6658
