Framework Agreement for the Provision of Agency Social Workers and Adult Services Support Lots 1 & 2
A Contract Award Notice
by CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 1 year (est.)
- Value
- £0
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 05 Aug 2025
- Delivery
- To 31 Jul 2026 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Swansea
3 buyers
- City & County of Swansea Swansea
10 suppliers
- Diamond Commercial Recruitment Welingborough
- Hoop Recruitment Cardiff
- Liquid Personnel Manchester
- Pertemps Cardiff
- Randstad Group Luton
- Sanctuary Personnel Ipswich
- Service Care Solutions Preston
- Axis Recruitment Nottingham
- Collens Healthcare Southern Cyf Cardiff
- Staffscanner Glasgow
Description
Swansea Council intends on establishing a framework agreement to fulfil Social Worker and Adult Services residential requirements and to fill vacancies that arise within various teams across its Child & Family Services and Adult Services teams. It is often necessary to temp fill vacancies in teams, and also to cover short/long-term staff sickness, or any other reason for varying lengths of times.
Lot Division
| 1 | Provision of Agency Social Workers The Council has a need to recruit ad-hoc agency social worker staff to fill vacancies that arise within various teams across Child and Family Services and Adult Services within Swansea Council. This could be due to a vacancy in the team, short- or long-term staff sickness or any other reason for varying lengths of times, typically 3 to 6 months but will vary, and can be extended. It is the intention of the Council that the agency provider will be given adequate time to source suitable CVs from potential candidates for the vacancy and to forward onto the councils various hiring managers for consideration. Award Criteria
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| 2 | Provision of Agency Adult Services Support Swansea Council requires access to the provision of temporary agency Workers in Adult Services, within the Social Services Directorate. The agency providers will provide qualified and experienced agency staff from their own resource pool to meet the needs of the service as and when the need arises. Temporary Workers are an important part of our workforce, they are needed to meet service demand when there is high demand from service users or when there is a vacancy in a team. They will be sourced through contracts with agency suppliers. Award Criteria
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Award Detail
| 1 | Diamond Commercial Recruitment (Welingborough)
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| 2 | Hoop Recruitment (Cardiff)
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| 3 | Liquid Personnel (Manchester)
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| 4 | Pertemps (Cardiff)
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| 5 | Randstad Group (Luton)
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| 6 | Sanctuary Personnel (Ipswich)
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| 7 | Service Care Solutions (Preston)
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| 8 | Axis Recruitment (Nottingham)
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| 9 | Axis Recruitment (Nottingham)
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| 10 | Collens Healthcare Southern Cyf (Cardiff)
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| 11 | Staffscanner (Glasgow)
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CPV Codes
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85310000 - Social work services
- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
- 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is only required once): — Navigate to the portal: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk — Click the “Suppliers register here” link. — Enter your correct business and user details. — Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete. — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure). — Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue”. 2. Express an interest in the project: — Login to the portal with your username/password. — Click the “ITTs Open to All Suppliers” link (these are the ITTs open to any registered supplier). — Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. — Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page. — This will move the ITT into your “My ITTs” page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only). — Click on the ITT code. You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box. 3. Responding to the invitation to tender: — You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting). — You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). If you require any further assistance use the online help. Alternatively, the BravoSolution helpdesk can be contacted (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) on: — E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk — Phone: +44 8003684850 (WA Ref:154396)
Reference
- FTS 046128-2025