PP-10161 Harris Federation Permanent and Contingency Staffing

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

HARRIS FEDERATION

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

028719-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79600000, 79620000

Published tags

implementation

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Harris Federation has established a permanent and contingent (PerCo) recruitment Open Framework, procured under the Open procedure, to secure the provision of general and specialist recruitment services by preferred suppliers that support the staffing requirements of all existing, and future, academies within the Federation. This framework consists of 12 Lots. The call off options for the Client will be direct award, and mini competition. It is the Client’s intention that call offs will take place via a specified platform. Suppliers that are appointed to the framework will be required to pay a Framework Levy for all call-off contracts they are successfully awarded under the framework, at a rate of 0.75% (excluding VAT) of the total value of the call off contract in question. The Framework shall be open for use by the following classifications of Contracting Authority throughout all administrative regions of the UK: UK public sector bodies, identified in detail in the URLs below (and any future successors to these organisations), which include schools, academies, multi academy trusts, RBCs, DfE school buying hubs, colleges, universities.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Tender notice observed

   13 Jun 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   032403-2025

   Published tags

   tender

2. Tender record updated

   25 Jun 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   034997-2025

   Published tags

   tenderUpdate

3. Award notice observed

   21 Nov 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   076233-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

4. Award notice observed

   29 Jan 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• LOT-0008. Finance & Audit

  Buyer: HARRIS FEDERATIONSupplier: Castlefield Recruitment

  End date in notice

  31 Dec 2027Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £7,200,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  8

• LOT-0008. Finance & Audit

  Buyer: HARRIS FEDERATIONSupplier: Dovetail and Slate Limited

  End date in notice

  31 Dec 2027

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Published terms and linked processes

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