Agency Staffing Agreement

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Dear Manchester City Council,

1) What was the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment agencies
by the Council in 2020 – 2021 and 2021 – 2022?

Please also ensure that a gross spend value is detailed and include all spend associated to any contract let for the management/provision of temporary staff by a contracted provider (whether Vendor neutral or Master vendor). Please ensure that all figures are provided separately by year.

2) If you have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision
of temporary agency staff, please provide the following;
a. How was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let?

b. Who was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary
staff let to?

c. When did the contract to manage / provide the supply of temporary /
agency staff commence, how long does it run for and what is the end date?

Yours faithfully,

Amalia Bush

foi@manchester.gov.uk, Manchester City Council

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foi@manchester.gov.uk, Manchester City Council

Date: 27 April 2022

 

Dear Amalia Bush

Re: Request for Information – Agency Staff Agreement – Reference
Number: FOI/7130

 

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 5 April 2022 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

  

In response to your request, I have summarised the information as follows:

 

 

1)      What was the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment
agencies by the Council in 2020 – 2021 and 2021 – 2022?

Please also ensure that a gross spend value is detailed and include all
spend associated to any contract let for the management/provision of
temporary staff by a contracted provider (whether Vendor neutral or Master
vendor). Please ensure that all figures are provided separately by year.

 April 2020 - March 2021 - Gross - £17,692,222.19

April 2021 - March 2022 - Gross - £19,939,658.63

 

2) If you have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision
of temporary agency staff, please provide the following;

a. How was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary
staff let?

Procurement Exercise

 

b. Who was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary
staff let to?

Reed

 

c. When did the contract to manage / provide the supply of temporary
/agency staff commence, how long does it run for and what is the end date?

Start date 29 January 2017

End date January 2023 - with the option to extend for another 3 years

 

 

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Agnes McHale

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