Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Tender description

CONTRACT-A9VL-EZ403F. Sheffield City Council is commencing a procurement via a Competitive Dialogue Procedure for a temporary agency staff provider who will work closely with us to use their expertise in developing our strategy to deliver improved social values for the people of Sheffield and the Sheffield City region. To this end, it is the Council's intention that the contract will achieve the best for Sheffield by promoting the effectiveness of working collaboratively to improve the economic, social and environment well-being of the area, yet at the same time establishing continuous improvement in value for money as a key business outcome. The overarching objective of the contract will be to ensure the timely provision of agency staff that are competent, high calibre, appropriately trained and motivated for the work they undertake and appropriate for a diverse range of Council departments. At the same time the Council expects the supplier to be innovative and use their expertise to help us maximise social value outcomes. These will include (but not limited to) improving Council/provider engagement with socially deprived groups and their access to routes into employment; improving the Council's temporary and permanent staffing workforce profile; improving links from apprenticeship through to temporary and permanent employment; targeting employment hotspots and setting out career pathways in markets where SCC has a lack of capacity/talent; and, challenging the market to fully articulate innovative and smart ideas to improve the social value aspects on the contract. It is anticipated that the successful supplier will provide a 1-stop-shop for managers when requesting temporary workers and manage all issues regarding the payment of charges arising from the use of temporary workers. The supplier will manage the efficient and effective use of temporary workers through the provision of an efficient and robust electronic ordering and bill payment system; provide accurate and timely management information with appropriate analysis and market intelligence; provide expert advice about the agency staff market including appropriate market intelligence, for example relating to pay rates and benchmarking. At the same time the Council anticipates that the supplier will provide a positive working environment between the Council and its partners, the supplier, its supplying agencies, and temporary workers, and pay the Foundation Living Wage from the 1st day of employment. As far as we are aware Sheffield is the 1st council to include social value in a contract for agency staff, hence the use of the Competitive Dialogue Process which will enable us to explore the development of other opportunities with the successful bidder over the lifetime of the contract. This may include (but not limited to): collaboration with other local authorities or other public sector bodies; future value engineering, for example how the service can be delivered differently in the future to save money or generate additional savings; the delivery of end to end recruitment processes for the Council; and, opportunities for the Council to have a greater commercial stake in the business of agency staffing provision via some form of Joint Venture. It is the Council's intention to enter into dialogue in 2 areas of the requirement. These are: (1) commercial models and their alignment to non-price elements of the requirements; and (2) technical dialogue on how a supplier will bring innovation and experience to deliver tangible social value benefits against a background of our continual need to find efficiency savings. More detailed information about our needs and requirements is provided in the Descriptive Document that accompanies this Contract Notice.