Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services
- Buyer
- HEART ACADEMIES TRUST
- Value
- £850,000,000
- Closes
- 27 November 2026
- Where
- Bedford
- Type
- Call-off from an existing framework
In plain English
Heart Academies Trust is reopening a framework to supply temporary, fixed-term and permanent teaching and non-teaching staff to education sector organisations across the UK. They are recruiting suppliers in three categories: Direct Provision (you recruit and supply staff), Master Vendor (you manage the entire recruitment service), and Neutral Vendor (you act as a middleman).
What the buyer wants
• Recruit and supply temporary, fixed-term and permanent teaching and support staff to schools and education authorities • Ensure compliance with Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), IR35 tax rules and National Minimum Wage requirements • Hold current accreditation from a recognised body and keep the contracting authority informed of changes in recruitment law and practice
Lots
- Direct Provision
- Master Vendor
- Neutral Vendor
Requirements
Named in the buyer's notice:
- Accreditation from recognised body (for example, REC or similar)
- Proven experience in education recruitment
- Compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations)
- IR35 compliance capability
- Technology platform for candidate management
- Ability to supply staff across the UK
- Understanding of education sector staffing regulations
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): This is a very large framework contract worth up to £850 million. Unless you are an established recruitment agency with UK-wide operations, current accreditation, and proven experience supplying schools with staff, you will not be competitive. Solo traders and very small agencies will struggle to meet the scale and compliance requirements.
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How to bid
This looks like a call-off from an existing framework, which usually means only suppliers already on that framework can bid. Check the notice before spending time on it.
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