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Dear Reading 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.

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?

Thank you

Roddy, Susan, Reading Borough Council

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Dear Ms Holmwood

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received on 18
September.  Please see our responses to your questions below:-

 

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?  Reed Specialist Recruitment
Limited           

Please advise the start date of this/these? 11/02/2017       

Please advise the end date of this/these? 10/02/2020     

Please advise the duration (including possible extensions)? 3 years with
option to extend for a further year.

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

       

Admin & Clerical
Catering / Hospitality
Commercial(Skilled Trades)
Driving
Engineering & Surveying
Facilities & Environmental Services
Financial
Housing & Planning
Daily Rate Interim
Legal
Management
Manual Labour / General Industrial
Procurement
Social & Health Care (qualified)
Social & Health Care (non-qualified)
Marketing

 

               

What’s the annual spend via the contract(s)?  The contract is yet to bill
a full year, estimated to be £10-£12m

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

 

Year to date:

Social Care (Qualified) 39.8%
Daily Rate Interim 27.4%
Management 7.0%
Social and Healthcare (Non Qualified) 5.5%
Manual Labour 4.8%
Legal 4.3%
Admin & Clerical 3.0%
Engineering & Surveying 2.8%
Revenue and Benefits 1.9%
Legal 1.1%
Housing & Planning 0.9%
Commercial(Skilled Trades) 0.6%
Facilities and Environmental Services 0.3%
Driving 0.3%
HR 0.2%

 

                     

Is there any off contract spend? If so how much? Currently 8.5% of total
agency spend. Off contract spend will be reduced as the framework is
embedded and pre-existing contracts expire

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

If both, please advise the temporary/permanent split?  N/A       

 

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Sue Roddy

Support Officer

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