Decision details

1.  To approve 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.

2.  To note 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.

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.