FOI reference: FOI-2025-2581
You asked
I'd like make a request for information in relation to this contract.
Would you be able to share which framework was used to award this to Randstad?
Could you also share if ONS ran a mini-competition, or whether it was a direct award? If it was a direct award, could you outline the decision making process?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Non Clinical Staffing (RM6277).
An initial contract was in place for Randstad Solutions for field staff from January 2024 to December 2024. An additional requirement was identified which due to PCR15 could not be facilitated on the existing contract. As this was a continuation of the initial contract's requirements, the investment in implementation resource and processes developed, and embedded by the supplier and the ONS. The ONS took the decision that to repeat these activities with a new supplier would be financially burdensome and lead to delays which would adversely affect the ONS's core activities. We had examined other options, but the risk identified of awarding to another supplier was too great. Therefore, the compliant route of direct award via Framework RM6277 was selected.