Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-01-22
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000 | 79620000 | 79621000 | 79623000
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: The Crown Commercial Service is looking to develop a new and innovative long term contracting solution for the provision of temporary workers to replace the current arrangement, Contingent Labour ONE.
This will be through a phased approach, with an initial focus on hard to fill requirements for specialist interim contractors with digital, cyber, legacy technology or technology change skills and expertise. The remaining phasing of the model will be reliant on input from the market and customers, and will depend on the scope, scale and complexity of the solution.
Active market engagement is integral to our understanding of the current marketplace landscape and dynamics in terms of availability of quality temporary labour resource and pricing pressures. This engagement will include investigating all components involved in the provision of the service from payrolling, security / vetting, placement and direct hire through to a fit for purpose technology-enabled platform.
To be successful, the new contractual vehicle needs to be able to meet current and future challenges from our diverse customer base and particular requirements, including the need for specialist technical resources to drive digital transformation. There is a desire to understand how the market is evolving in terms of trends, emergence of new technologies and innovation with regards to commercial models and methodologies to deliver a fit for purpose contracting vehicle. Crown Commercial Service also need to understand the specific challenges facing the provision of specialist contingent labour resources.
Obtaining insight into projected market evolvement going forward is key, including but not limited to, the emergences of technology and offerings which broaden the scope of services
The Crown Commercial Service believe the scope of temporary workers will include the following sub categories, however, we are looking for input from the market to help shape our forward looking vision so would be open to feedback proposing alternative approaches which expand or modify the projected scope, including disaggregation of the services (payrolling, security and vetting).
— creating an eco-system for temporary workers to track performance and easily transition workers between contracting bodies.
It is likely that the new commercial arrangement will be split into specific solutions, though the structure of these are yet to be determined.
The delivery of the services is also still to be determined pending result of market and stakeholder engagement, however the following delivery options are to be considered:
Provide advance notice that Crown Commercial Service (CCS) (as the Contracting Authority) is to consider undertaking a tendering exercise to set up new contracting vehicles to service Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations for Personnel placement and supply services.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
This Market Engagement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this Market Engagement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite.
If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:
Note that, by registering for the eSourcing Suite in this way, you will then be in a position to express an interest in any future procurements run by Crown Commercial Service.
Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can request access to the Market Engagement. This is done by emailing: