Tender: Supply of Temporary Care & Support Agency Staff – Orwell Housing Association (North Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire)

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Orwell Housing Association Ltd is seeking suppliers to establish an Open Framework for the provision of temporary Care & Support agency staff across its Supported Housing and Care & Support services located throughout North Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The framework will provide access to suitably qualified and experienced agency staff, including care workers, support workers, senior support workers and waking night staff, to meet operational service demands and support high-quality care and support delivery. The Open Framework is being established under Section 49 of the Procurement Act 2023, will operate for a maximum duration of eight (8) years and will be periodically reopened with opportunities for new suppliers to apply approximately every 2 years; full information is contained within the tender documents. Orwell estimates the value to be £1.7m to £2m per annum, a total estimated cost of £16m including vat, and notes the estimated values cover the whole of the framework and not the value awarded to each individual supplier; all dates are subject to change.