1. That the award of a temporary agency resources contract commencing on 1 April 2018 for a contract period of three years (at an estimated value of £60.3m, based on existing usage data) with the option to extend by a further year making an estimated total contract value of £75m, taking into consideration the council’s Workforce Strategy target to reduce its reliance on agency staff from 7% to 4% by 2020, be approved.
2. That it be noted that of the £75m spend, the majority of this spend is paid from the contracted organisation to the agencies they have contracted to when providing the agency workers to the council.