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1.     
That the contract for the Council’s agency (temporary
recruitment) provision be awared to Adecco (UK) Limitedeffective
from 1 August 2025 for three years with an option to extend by a
further 1 year + 1 year for a sum of up to £75,000,000 for
the first three years and up to £25,000,000 thereafter should
we make a decision to extend to the five year term.

 

2.     
That the progress made on the procurement of a recruitment agency
provider following the end of contract between Yoo Recruit and
Adecco (with effect from 1 August 2025) be noted.

 

3.     
That it be noted, the tender was
published on the 13 October 2024 with the final deadline date for
submission of tenders on the 24 January 2025.

 

4.     
That it be noted, the agreement between Yoo Recruit and Adecco was
extended to its maximum term. A Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency
(VEAT) notice was issued on 25 June 2024 to allow an extension to
31 July 2025.

 

5.     
That it be noted, the importance of continuing to have a strategic
temporary recruitment agency offer for the Council would support
the Council to provide seamless statutory services and mitigate the
strategic risk associated with employee recruitment and retention
and national recruitment and retention challenges.

 

6.     
That it be noted, People Services have proactively worked with
Directors, Deputy Directors and Heads of Service to review service
agency expenditure as per the guiding principles of ‘Our
Future Council’ – the commitment to reduce the use of
agency and interim staff and to minimise compulsory
redundancies.

 

7.     
That it be noted, as a result of these actions there has been a
reduction in the number of agency workers by 145 since August 2024
(from 863 to 718 workers). This reduction does not necessarily mean
there has been an equivalent reduction in overall headcount, as
some of the vacant post’s agency workers were supporting may
have been recruited to.