Issue - meetings
Temporary Agency Staff Contract
Meeting: 25/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 73)
73 Temporary Agency Staff Contract PDF 138 KB
To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance & Assets
Additional documents:
- 13 Temp Agency Briefing Note July 2020 v1 , View reasons restricted (73/2)
Decision:
RESOLVED
i) To approve the use of the dynamic purchasing system for appointing temporary agency staff established on behalf of the Council by its Shared Procurement Service.
REASON
i) Under the current Public Contracts Regulations (2015) each council is legally required to aggregate its spend on similar goods and services, and if this exceeds the current threshold of £181,302 over a 4 year period to go out to tender. Horsham District Council’s spend averages c£580,000 per annum.
ii) Crawley Borough Council, through the Shared Procurement Service, recently tendered to establish a dynamic purchasing system on behalf of its four member Councils (Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Mole Valley)
iii) The creation and use of the DPS will enable the councils to standardise terms and conditions, agency fees, consolidate and reduce spending whilst complying with current regulations in an efficient process.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Finance & Assets reported that the current Temporary Agency Staff Contract was due to expire in April 2021. The current compliant framework agreement, set up by the Shared Procurement Service in 2017, had been reviewed and it was proposed that a new Dynamic Purchasing System would be a better fit and ensure a cost effective service for the Council.
The proposed contract would give flexibility to specialist agencies, not included in the current agreement, for recruiting staff with specific skills or knowledge, in particular planning officers and drivers.
RESOLVED
i) To approve the use of the dynamic purchasing system for appointing temporary agency staff established on behalf of the Council by its Shared Procurement Service.
REASON
i) Under the current Public Contracts Regulations (2015) each council is legally required to aggregate its spend on similar goods and services, and if this exceeds the current threshold of £181,302 over a 4 year period to go out to tender. Horsham District Council’s spend averages c£580,000 per annum.
ii) Crawley Borough Council, through the Shared Procurement Service, recently tendered to establish a dynamic purchasing system on behalf of its four member Councils (Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Mole Valley)
iii) The creation and use of the DPS will enable the councils to standardise terms and conditions, agency fees, consolidate and reduce spending whilst complying with current regulations in an efficient process.