Supply Teachers and Temporary Staff
Summary
This Framework, let under the Procurement Act 2023, gives UK schools, colleges and education establishments access to temporary and fixed-term teachers, education support staff and non-teaching staff. It is not available to independent (for-profit) schools.
Description
You will be able to access a range of industry accredited suppliers providing temporary workers, including but not limited to:
- teachers
- educational support staff such as teaching assistants and cover supervisors
- headteachers and senior leaders
- admin, clerical, finance, IT, maintenance, caterers, cleaners and drivers
All educational establishments in the public sector can use this agreement, including:
- schools (primary and secondary, maintained and academies)
- further and higher education establishments
- nurseries and pre-schools
- other public sector organisations with educational needs such as local authorities, central government departments, hospitals and prisons
The agreement will replace RM6238 Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing (STaTS).
Benefits
- background screening of workers and safeguarding which complies with the Department for Education (DfE) Keeping Children Safe in Education standards
- after 12 weeks in post, you can transfer a temporary worker to a permanent role at no extra cost (subject to 4 weeks notice)
- compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- consistent pre-negotiated terms and conditions
- transparency of costs: you can see how much the worker is getting paid each day and how much the agency or supplier is taking
- access dedicated support from our category team
Product types
Lot 1: Preferred Suppliers List
Use our agency selection tool to hire temporary and fixed term workers directly from a recruitment agency.
Lot 2: Managed Service Contracts
Access a master or neutral vendor (single recruitment agency) who will provide all of your temporary staffing needs. The recruitment agency will use their supply chain of other agencies to support meeting your staffing needs where needed.
Customer engagement
We plan to hold customer engagement events during November and December 2024.
The first session will be held on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 1pm.
We will engage with existing STaTS and new customers, utilising relationships with the Department for Education, to create an up to date agreement that includes the necessary temporary workforce services you need.
Engagement sessions will be a mix of surveys, webinars and 1-2-1 discussions.
Supplier engagement
We plan to hold supplier engagement events during November and December 2024.
Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) members engagement session: Wednesday 27 November 2024. Please contact REC for details on this event.
The Association Of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) members engagement session: Monday 2 December 2024. Please contact APSCo for details on this event.
Supplier Engagement Session for Non REC and APSCo Members: Wednesday 4 December . Please contact supplyteacherscrowncommercial.gov.uk for details on this session
Engagement sessions will be a mix of surveys, webinars and 1-2-1 discussions, and will include engagement with industry bodies to maximise communications with the market
View the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staff stakeholder engagement powerpoint slides presented in our initial engagement sessions for more information
Important links
| Pipeline notice | Read pipeline notice |
| Preliminary market engagement notice | Read preliminary market engagement notice |
| Planned procurement notice | Read planned procurement notice |
| Contract Notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | October 2024 onwards |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | September 2025 |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | October 2025 |
| Framework Award | April 2026 |