Dear David Bosch,

Request for Information RFI-4451-22

Thank you for your request for information relating to Agency Staffing
Agreement which was received on 06 April 2022.

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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

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Dear David Bosch,

Freedom of Information Request RFI-4451-22

Further to your request for information about Agency Staffing Agreement, I
can tell you the following:

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.

The below figures include total agency spend through our MSP provider,
Starting Point Recruitment (SPR):

20/21 = £11,618,449

21/22 = £12,272,583

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?

The Council carried out an open Procurement process, publishing the tender
on the Council’s InTend procurement Portal.

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

An open procurement process allowed for any interested Providers to take
part in the tender process and to submit a bid.

The winning Provider was Starting Point Recruitment (SPR).

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?

The contract commenced on 1^st April 2019; the end date is 31^st March
2023.

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I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

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have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
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Yours sincerely,

Denise Gold

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [2]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

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