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Dear Thurrock Borough Council,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can you advise the following information –
Do you currently have a contract(s) in place with a Managed Service Provider for temporary staffing requirements?
Can you confirm who this/these are with?
Please advise the start date of this/these?
Please advise the end date of this/these?
Please advise the duration (including possible extensions)?
Please advise the categories of staff this contract(s) covers?
What’s the annual spend via the contract(s)?
Please advise the breakdown per category of the spend via the contract?
Is there any off contract spend? If so how much?
Does this only cover temporary or does it include permanent staffing?
If both, please advise the temporary/permanent split?

Yours faithfully,

Nicola Holmwood

Information.Matters@thurrock.gov.uk, Thurrock Borough Council

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Dear Ms Holmwood,

Thank you for your recent communication which is being managed in line
with the Freedom of Information Act under the above reference number.  The
details of your request are outlined below together with the council’s
response.

Your request and our response

Do you currently have a contract(s) in place with a Managed Service
Provider for temporary staffing requirements?

Yes

Can you confirm who this/these are with?

Matrix SCM

Please advise the start date of this/these? 

December 2015

Please advise the end date of this/these?

December 2018

Please advise the duration (including possible extensions)?  

3 year contract with possible 1 year extension

Please advise the categories of staff this contract(s) covers?

Admin & Clerical

Building Services & Maintenance

Catering / Hospitality

Children’s Services

Commercial

Driving

Education (qualified & non-qualified)

Engineering & Surveying

Facilities & Environmental

Financial

Housing & Planning

Human Resources

Interims

IT

Legal

Management

Manual Labour / General Industrial

Procurement

Revenue & Benefits

Sales / Marketing

Social Care and Health (qualified & non-qualified)

Technical

What’s the annual spend via the contract(s)?

This will vary year on year dependent upon usage of temporary agency
staff, however total spend on agency staff in 2016-17 financial year was
£9,828,491.

Please advise the breakdown per category of the spend via the contract?

Not available due to amendments to categories.

 

Is there any off contract spend? If so how much?

Off contract spend Q1 2017/18 totalled £17,145.

Does this only cover temporary or does it include permanent staffing?

Temporary agency staffing only

If both, please advise the temporary/permanent split?
n/a

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immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. Thurrock Council
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