Supply Teachers and Temporary Staff

Summary

Recruit temporary and fixed-term teachers, education support staff and non-teaching staff for UK schools, colleges and education establishments. 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 October and November 2024.

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 October and November 2024.

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.

Important links

Prior Information Notice (PIN) Not available yet
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