Disclosure Scotland agency staff data: FOI release

Information requested

1. What was the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment agencies by Disclosure Scotland from April 2023 to June 2024?

1a. Please ensure that a gross spend value is detailed and include all spend associated to any contract let for the management/provision of temporary staff by a contracted provider (whether Vendor neutral or Master vendor). Please ensure that all figures are provided separately by year.

2. If you have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision of temporary agency staff, please provide the following.

2a. How was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let?

2b. Who was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let to?

2c. When did the contract to manage/provide the supply of temporary/agency staff commence, how long does it run for and what is the end date?

3. If you use Frameworks please state which frameworks you use and for which categories of staff?

4.If you don’t have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision of temporary recruitment agency staff, which recruitment agencies do you use, and what basis were they awarded?       

5. Please can you provide details of the names of the decision-makers who ultimately decide which recruitment agencies your organisation uses.

6. Please provide the name(s) of the person(s) who the manage the recruitment agency contract on a day-to-day basis.

7. Please advise what the permanent agency spend was between April 2023 to June 2024.

Response

I have answered each of your questions below.

1. What was the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment agencies by Disclosure Scotland from April 2023 to June 2024?
1a. Please ensure that a gross spend value is detailed and include all spend associated to any contract let for the management/provision of temporary staff by a contracted provider (whether Vendor neutral or Master vendor). Please ensure that all figures are provided separately by year.

£3,025,755.01

2. If you have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision of temporary agency staff, please provide the following.

N/A

2a. How was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let?

Framework let by Scottish Government.

2b. Who was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let to?

Four suppliers are on the framework: Venesky Brown, Lorien, ASA and Harvey Nash.

2c. When did the contract to manage/provide the supply of temporary/agency staff commence, how long does it run for and what is the end date?

13 April 2023 to 12 April 2027.

3. If you use Frameworks please state which frameworks you use and for which categories of staff?

Disclosure Scotland utilises the SG Framework for Temporary and Interim staff. This is used for digital, administrative, and operational staff.

4. If you don’t have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision of temporary recruitment agency staff, which recruitment agencies do you use, and what basis were they awarded?

N/A

5. Please can you provide details of the names of the decision-makers who ultimately decide which recruitment agencies your organisation uses.

Leanne Baillie - Head of Procurement

6. Please provide the name(s) of the person(s) who the manage the recruitment agency contract on a day-to-day basis.

Leanne Baillie - Head of Procurement

7. Please advise what the permanent agency spend was between April 2023 to June 2024.

Disclosure Scotland does not use contracts for permanent agency staff.

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