Agency Agreement

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Anastasia Aldridge

Dear Kirklees Borough Council,

1) What is the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment agencies by Kirklees Borough Council in 2015 - 2016?
Please ensure 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)

2) If you have a Framework in place for the provision of temporary staff, please tell me:
a. The titles and content of the relevant frameworks
b. Who is on the current frameworks
c. The start and end dates of the frameworks
d. Any possible extension periods to the frameworks
e. The name and contact email of person responsible for the
frameworks.
f. The current performance of suppliers that are on the framework against their agreed KPIs.

3) Please can you attach a copy of the framework agreement of the supply of agency/temporary staff between Kirklees Borough Council and the parties/organisations it was let to.

4) 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 was the contract to manage/provide the supply of
temporary/agency staff to Kirklees Borough Council let?
d. 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?

5) If you have an MSP in place, Please can you attach a copy of the contract for the management/provision of the supply of agency/temporary staff betweenKirklees Borough Council and the party/organisation the contract was let to

Yours faithfully,

Anastasia Aldridge

Freedom Info, Kirklees Borough Council

Dear Ms Aldridge

I confirm receipt of your information request and that I am looking into this.

I will respond to you in due course.

Regards

Information Governance Team
Legal & Governance
Email: [email address]
Telephone: 01484 221000

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Freedom Info, Kirklees Borough Council

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Dear Ms Aldridge

 

FoI 14246 -Temp staff from agencies

 

I am writing in response to your request dated 19 December 2016.  This has
been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

The Council’s response to your specific questions is set out below:

 

1)      What is the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment
agencies by Kirklees Borough Council in 2015 - 2016?

Please ensure 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)

 

Actuals 2015/16 = £8,169,845.96

 

2)      If you have a Framework in place for the provision of temporary
staff, please tell me:

a.      The titles and content of the relevant frameworks

b.      Who is on the current frameworks

c.       The start and end dates of the frameworks

d.      Any possible extension periods to the frameworks

e.       The name and contact email of person responsible for the
frameworks.

f.        The current performance of suppliers that are on the framework
against their agreed KPIs.

 

The Council does hold the requested information but considers this is
exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, because the
information is reasonably accessible to you by other means, because it is
already in the public domain.

 

Kirklees Council accesses the contract via a Yorkshire Purchasing
Organisation framework details of which are available online at:
[1]http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:...

 

3)      Please can you attach a copy of the framework agreement of the
supply of agency/temporary staff between Kirklees Borough Council and the
parties/organisations it was let to.

 

The Council does hold the requested information but considers this is
exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, because the
information is reasonably accessible to you by other means, because it is
already in the public domain.

 

Kirklees Council accesses the contract via a Yorkshire Purchasing
Organisation framework.  The general framework agreement documents can be
found online at: 
[2]https://www.ypo.co.uk/framework/detail/9...

 

4)      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 was the contract to manage/provide the supply of
temporary/agency staff to Kirklees Borough Council let?

d.      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?

 

        4a)          Through a YPO Framework and procurement process.

        4b)         Matrix SCM Limited

        4c)          10/10/16

        4d)         Commenced on 31/10/16, for a period of 4 years, until
30/9/18.

 

5)      If you have an MSP in place, Please can you attach a copy of the
contract for the management/provision of the supply of agency/temporary
staff betweenKirklees Borough Council and the party/organisation the
contract was let to

 

Although the Council holds this informatio, it is refused under Section 43
of the FoI Act as it is commercially sensitive. Please see attached
refusal notice.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Information Access Team

Legal, Governance & Monitoring

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for
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