Placement services of personnel

Tender description

The purpose of this framework agreement was to provide a new, open and transparent approach to engaging supply teachers, education support staff and other temporary staffing including headteacher, senior leadership, admin and clerical staff, IT staff, finance staff, estates and maintenance, cleaners and fixed term role (on school payroll), requirements within schools, colleges and other educational establishments, including academies, trusts, nurseries, pupil referral units, children centres and further education institutions across the UK, in an effort to provide consistent standards whilst providing value for money. The initial duration of the framework agreement is 2 years. The authority may extend the duration of the framework agreement for any period or periods up to a maximum of 2 years in total from the expiry of the initial duration of the framework agreement. The supplier will provide recruitment services for the provision of supply teachers, unqualified teacher and education support staff and other temporary staffing services from both: — employment businesses for temporary assignments, and — employment agencies for fixed term employment. The supplier will ensure that they comply with all legislative and regulatory requirements, and all workers are fully compliant, as detailed in the terms of the framework contract. The supplier will be required to be aware of and ensure compliance to all changes in practise in the recruitment market and changes in policy and legislation, including but not limited to: — the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32121/11-949-agency-workers-regulations-guidance.pdf, — the conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses regulations. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made; — the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). https://www.eugdpr.org, — off-payroll working in the public sector (IR35) legislation https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir35-find-out-if-it-applies To ensure that such changes are communicated in a timely manner to the buyer and where necessary, appropriate changes made to processes and procedures (i.e. AWR, IR35, Minimum Wage), in line with the Variation procedure as set out in joint schedules (Schedule 2 — Variant Form). Managed service requirements of supply teachers, unqualified teacher, education support staff and other temporary staffing services. The master vendor will take overall responsibility for providing the buyer with recruitment services to meet their worker needs. The supplier will manage provision of supply teachers, unqualified teacher, education support staff and other temporary staffing services from both: — employment businesses for temporary assignments, and — employment agencies for fixed term employment. The supplier will provide workers directly from their own resource pool and has the option of managing supplementary supply from subcontractor(s) as outlined in joint schedules (Schedule 6 (key subcontractor(s)). The buyer will contract only with the master vendor, and the master vendor is responsible for managing their supply chain which must be accredited. The master vendor must also be accredited. The supplier will ensure that its sourcing of Workers via the accredited supply chain complies with all legislative and regulatory requirements, as detailed in the terms of the framework contract. The supplier will be required to aware of and ensure compliance to all changes in practise in the recruitment market and changes in policy and legislation, including but not limited to: — the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32121/11-949-agency-workers-regulations-guidance.pdf, — the conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made — the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). https://www.eugdpr.org — off-Payroll Working in the Public Sector (IR35) legislation https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir35-find-out-if-it-applies To ensure that such changes are communicated in a timely manner to the Buyer and where necessary, appropriate changes made to processes and procedures (i.e. AWR, IR35, Minimum Wage), in line with the Variation procedure as set out in Joint Schedules (Schedule 2 - Variant Form). Neutral vendor: managed service requirements of supply teachers, unqualified teacher, education support staff and other temporary staffing services. The neutral vendor will take overall responsibility for providing the buyer with their worker needs. A neutral vendor supplier will not supply any workers directly from its own business (or any affiliated businesses) and will use an accredited supply chain to meet all worker requirements. For the Buyer receiving the service, the buyer will enter into a call-off contract with the neutral vendor supplier and not with the supply chain directly. The supplier will ensure that its sourcing of workers via the accredited supply chain comply with all legislative and regulatory requirements, as detailed in the terms of the framework contract. The supplier will manage provision of supply teachers, unqualified teacher, education support staff and other temporary staffing services from both: — employment businesses for temporary assignments, and — employment agencies for fixed term employment. The supplier will be required to be aware of and ensure compliance to all changes in practise in the recruitment market and changes in policy and legislation, including but not limited to: — the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32121/11-949-agency-workers-regulations-guidance.pdf — the conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made — the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) https://www.eugdpr.org — off-payroll working in the public sector (IR35) legislation https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir35-find-out-if-it-applies To ensure that such changes are communicated in a timely manner to the buyer and where necessary, appropriate changes made to processes and procedures (i.e. AWR, IR35, Minimum Wage), in line with the variation procedure as set out in joint schedules (Schedule 2 - Variant Form).