ProcurementProfessional Services

Executive and senior specialist search and associated recruitment services framework agreement.

Reference

PFB4037 AP

Expiry date

29 June 2025

Procurement contact

  • Our team          Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

  • Lot 1A - Executive Search roles more than £100,000 (Scotland)
  • Lot 1B - Executive Search roles £65,000 to £100,000 (Scotland)
  • Lot 1C - Senior Specialist Search roles £40,000 to £65,000 (Scotland)

Purchase method

This framework includes several suppliers. Users within the University of Strathclyde (UOS) can direct award to the First ranked contractor on this framework with the suppliers noted below. If for any reason the First ranked contractor is unable to service, the requirement you are permitted to reach out to the next ranked contractor. Please Note: You must follow the ranked order 1,2,3,4 and so on. 

Please ensure you choose the correct supplier from FMS using their supplier idea as provided.

Users will be reaching out to the company contacts as provided below to discuss specific requirements, quoting the framework title/reference and creating an account number (if there is not already one available within the department to use).

For higher value, more complex requirements or where the supplier noted below is unable to provide the required equipment, please contact the procurement team who will advise on the appropriate route.

All orders issued to the supplier via direct award MUST reference the Framework Reference together with the UOS contract ref.

Pricing

Pricing can be accessed by either contacting the framework suppliers or through the framework pricing document which can be provided to you by Procurement.

Lot 1A - Executive Search roles more than £100,000 - (Scotland)

Executive and senior specialist search and associated recruitment services Lot 1A suppliers.

Suppliers

Supplier Contact Details

Aspen People Ltd (1st ranked supplier)

Melissa Scholes, Client Partner:

Donogh O'Brien, Account Manager:

Verdus

Nataliya Starik-Bludova, Director - Search & Selection:

Nikki Wilton, Account Manager:

Eden Scott

Iain Atkinson, Associate Director:

Sarah Gracie, Account Manager:

Witt / Kieffer Ccentric

Mary Comer, Senior Consultant:

Natalie Derry, Account Manager:

Harvey Nash

Graeme McNaull, Director:

Lot 1B - Executive Search roles £65,000 to £100,000 – (Scotland)

Executive and senior specialist search and associated recruitment services Lot 1B suppliers.

 Suppliers

Supplier contact details

Aspen People Ltd (1st Ranked Supplier)

Melissa Scholes, Client Partner:

Donogh O'Brien, Account Manager:

Harvey Nash

Graeme McNaull, Director:

Veredus

Nataliya Starik-Bludova, Director - Search & Selection:

Nikki Wilton, Account Manager:

Exemplia Group Ltd

Simon Pridgeon, Operations Director:

Alison Ryan, Account Manager

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

Stuart Jack, Business Director:

Matt Lewis, Account Manager:

Lot 1C - Senior Specialist Search roles £40,000 to £65,000 (Scotland)

Executive and senior specialist search and associated recruitment services Lot 1C suppliers.

Suppliers

Supplier contact details

Exemplia Group Ltd (1st Ranked Supplier)

Simon Pridgeon, Operations Director:

Alison Ryan, Account Manager:

Aspen People Ltd

Melissa Scholes, Client Partner:

Donogh O'Brien, Account Manager:

Harvey Nash

Graeme McNaull, Director:

Veredus

Nataliya Starik-Bludova, Director - Search & Selection:

Nikki Wilton, Account Manager:

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

Stuart Jack, Business Director:

Matt Lewis, Account Manager:

Should users wish to be provided with all suppliers included within all Lots to make an assessment on whether a direct award or other route should be used to make a purchase please contact Procurement enquiries.

Temporary and interim staff services (interim professional staff services) framework agreement.

Reference

SP-22-001

Expiry date

12 April 2027

Procurement contact

  •  Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

This Framework is for interim/temp staff service requirements only and not for recruitment purposes i.e.  permanent, fixed-term recruitment and secondments.  Consultancy is also out of scope.

Purchase method

 

You may wish to discuss your requirement with the suppliers, as per the ranking, however thereafter PLEASE CONTACT PROCUREMENT FOR ALL TEMP RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS.   

 

Pricing

The framework pricing is based upon the total hourly/daily rate plus an hourly/daily commission rate to the appointed supplier.    Procurement can provide this information. 

 Suppliers

Temporary and interim staff services (interim professional staff services) suppliers.
Supplier Rank Supplier contact details
Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd 1

Bob Mitchell:

ASA Recruitment 2

Hilary Bisset:

Harvey Nash Limited 3

Graeme McNaull:

Lorien Resourcing Ltd 4

Chris Fergusson:

Temp administrative, catering, and manual staff services framework agreement.
Reference SP-22-003
Expiry date 12 April 2027
Procurement contact
  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger
Scope This Framework is for interim/temp staff service requirements only and not for recruitment purposes i.e.  permanent, fixed-term recruitment and secondments.  Consultancy is also out of scope.
Purchase method

You may wish to discuss your requirement with the suppliers, as per the ranking, however thereafter PLEASE CONTACT PROCUREMENT FOR ALL TEMP RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS.   

Pricing The framework pricing is based upon the total hourly/daily rate plus an hourly/daily commission rate to the appointed supplier.    Procurement can provide this information. 

Suppliers

Temp administrative, catering, and manual staff services – South region suppliers.
Suppliers  Rank Supplier Contact Details  
Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd 1

Claire Lorden:

Blue Arrow Ltd 2

Siobhan Reilly:

Brightwork Ltd 3

Emma Ferguson (Admin, Catering & Manual Roles):

ASA International Ltd, trading as ASA Recruitment 4

Hilary Bisset:

Should users wish to be provided with all suppliers included within all Lots to make an assessment on whether a direct award or other route should be used to make a purchase please contact Procurement enquiries.

Temporary and interim staff services (interim IT staff services) framework agreement.

Reference

SP-22-002

Expiry date

12 April 2027

Procurement contact

  •  Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

This Framework is for interim/temp staff service requirements only and not for recruitment purposes i.e.  permanent, fixed-term recruitment and secondments.  Consultancy is also out of scope.

Purchase method

You may wish to discuss your requirement with the suppliers, as per the ranking, however thereafter PLEASE CONTACT PROCUREMENT FOR ALL TEMP RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS.   

Pricing

The framework pricing is based upon the total hourly/daily rate plus an hourly/daily commission rate to the appointed supplier.    Procurement can provide this information. 

Suppliers

Temporary and interim staff services (interim IT staff services) suppliers.

Suppliers

Ranked

Supplier contact details

 

Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd

1

Bob Mitchell

ASA Recruitment

2

Hilary Bisset

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

3

Chris Fergusson

Harvey Nash Limited

4

Graeme McNaull

Should users wish to be provided with all suppliers included within all lots to make an assessment on whether a direct award or other route should be used to make a purchase please contact Procurement enquiries

Provision of general office supplies

Reference

SP-22-021

Expiry date

30 June 2027

Procurement contact

  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

This framework can be used to purchase all general office supplies.

Purchase method

Orders can be made via Punchout on the Financial Management System (FMS).

Minimum order value for Lyreco is £30.

Delivery timescales

Most deliveries will be made within two working days.

Pricing

All items/prices can be found in the punchout catalogue in FMS.

Provision of marketing services

Reference

SP-21-017

Expiry date

31 August 2026

Procurement contact

  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

The framework agreement is for the supply of marketing services. Framework suppliers will be required to provide the services under each of the following six lots:

  • Lot 1 Creative Services above £50,000
  • Lot 2 Creative Services below £50,000
  • Lot 3 Digital Marketing Services
  • Lot 4 Public Relation Services
  • Lot 5 Market Research Services
  • Lot 6 Events and Video Production Services

Further scope into lots can be provided via the Buyer’s Guide document – please contact the procurement contacts.

Purchase method

For the lots 2 to 6, requirements under the value of £20,000 can be direct awarded to the top ranked supplier. Information on ranked suppliers available below.

Users will be reaching out to the company contacts as provided below to discuss specific requirements, quoting the framework title/reference.

Should the first ranked supplier be unable to undertake the requirement, the second ranked supplier should be contacted. If the second ranked supplier is unable to undertake the requirement, the third ranked supplier should be contacted and so on.

For requirements over £20,000 – a mini-competition can be run within the lots. Please contact procurement for more information on this option.

Pricing

Pricing can be accessed by either contacting the framework suppliers or through the framework pricing document which can be provided to you by Procurement.

Lot 1 – Creative Services above £50,000

Lot 1 – Creative Services above £50,000 suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
The Leith Agency (trading name of Cello Signal Limited) 1

86/2 Commercial Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6LX

Richard Marsham:

Walk in the Gate Limited 2

100 Ocean Drive
Leith Docks
Edinburgh
EH6 6JJ

Helen Hourston:

The Union Advertising Agency Ltd 3

Union House
18 Inverleith Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 5NS

Louise Killough:

Stand Limited 4

First Floor, Queens House
29 St. Vincent Place
Glasgow
G1 2DT

Maggie Croft:

Story UK Ltd 5

1-4 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA

Jim Kelly:

Dentsu Creative, a trading division of Dentsu UK Ltd 6

Norloch House
36 King’s Stables Road
Edinburgh
EH1 2EU

Rachael Ford:

Lot 2 – Creative Services Below £50,000

Lot 2 – Creative Services Below £50,000 suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
Union Direct Limited 1

Union House
18 Inverleith Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 5NS

Gus Chalmers:

Bright Digital Marketing Limited 2

33 Lynedoch Street
Glasgow
G3 6AA

David Craik:

The Lane Agency Limited

496 Ferry Road
Edinburgh
EH5 2DL

Paul Borthwick:

John Doe Group

Commonwealth House 48/4
48/4 Albion Street
Glasgow
G1 1LH

Pam Scobbie:

Drummond Central Ltd

Hudson House
8 Albany Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3QB

Dan Appleby:

Lot 3 – Digital Marketing Services

Lot 3 – Digital Marketing Services suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
Walk in the Gate Ltd 1

100 Ocean Drive
Edinburgh
EH6 6JJ

Helen Hourston:

Dentsu Creative, a trading division of Dentsu UK Limited 2

10 Triton Street
Regents Place
London
NW1 3BF

Rachael Ford:

The Union Advertising Agency 3

Union House
18 Inverleith Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 5NS

Louise Killough:

Bright Digital Marketing Ltd 4

The Hive, 1069 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G3 8LZ

David Craik:

The Leith Agency (trading name of Cello Signal Limited) 5

86/2 Commercial Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6LX

Leigh Dobson:

Lot 4 – Public Relation Services

Lot 4 – Public Relation Services suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
Stein IAS Holdings Limited t/a Smarts Scotland 1

6.02 Onyx Studios
215 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7EZ

Lesley Alexander:

Stripe PR & Communications Limited 2

Level 3
86 Commercial Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6LX

Morna McLelland:

John Doe Group 3

Commonwealth House 48/4
48/4 Albion Street
Glasgow
G1 1LH

Pam Scobbie

3x1 Limited (known as 3x1 Group) 4

11 Fitzroy Place
Glasgow
G3 7RW

Muckle Media 5

80 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3BU

Nathalie Agnew:

Lot 5 – Market Research Services

Lot 5 – Market Research Services suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
Jump Research Ltd 1

137 / 5 Constitution Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7AD

Louise Fraser:

Progressive Partnership Ltd 2

Q Court
3 Quality Street
Edinburgh
EH4 5BP

Sarah Ainsworth:

Scott Porter Research & Marketing Ltd 3

4 Ravelston House Grove
Edinburgh
EH4 3LT

Menekse Suphi:

Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd 4

4 Wemyss Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6DH

Emily Gray:

BMG Research Ltd 5

1a Greenfield Crescent
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 3BE

Sarah Kitchen:

Trinity McQueen Ltd 6

3rd Floor Victoria Wharf
4 The Embankment
Leeds
LS14BA

Simon Shaw:

Lot 6 – Events and Video Production Services

Lot 6 – Events and Video Production Services suppliers
Supplier Rank Contact details
Arteus Limited 1

Dalintober Hall
40 Dalintober Street
Glasgow
G5 8NW

David Jackson:

Metro Production Group Ltd 2

6 Camberwell New Road
London
SE5 0TA

Oscar Askin:

Freakworks Ltd 3

9 Waters' Close
The Shore
Edinburgh
EH6 6RB

Hamish Allison:

Speakeasy Productions Ltd 4

1A Shandon Crescent
Edinburgh
EH11 1QE

Jonathan Young:

Marble LDN Ltd 5

Studio 110 Great Western Studios
65 Alfred Road
London
W2 5EU

Robbie Parry: robbie@marbleldn.com

Courier Services

Reference

PMR2003NE

Expiry date

3rd December 2023

Procurement contact

  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

Lot 1 - UK Domestic Courier Services

Coverage of all UK areas either through direct routes or sub-contracting of some routes to enable a secure delivery service for non-hazardous goods up to the weight of 30kg within the UK.

Lot 2 – International Courier Services

In addition to the general requirements the awarded bidders will be required to provide professional advice on:

• Import and Export Duty
• Import and Export Regulations on restricted or embargoed locations
• Restrictions on types of goods that may be imported/exported

Lot 3 – Transport of Dangerous and Hazardous Goods

Potential transport of Dangerous and Hazardous Goods including but not limited to:

  • Diagnostic Specimens/samples
  • Aortic Heart Valves
  • DNA Samples
  • Blood and Serum Samples
  • Medical Samples
  • Animal Tissue samples
  • Human Tissue samples
  • Antibody Samples
  • Infectious samples
  • Live Animal Shipments
  • Frozen/Dry Ice
  • Refrigerated/Gel Packs
  • Ambient/Dry Ice
  • Ambient/Liquid Nitrogen
  • Ambient/No Refrigerant
  • Ambient

Purchase Method

This framework includes a number of suppliers against each lot. Users will be direct awarding to the top-ranked supplier.

If the top-ranked supplier is unable to meet the requirement in terms of timescales, capacity, etc, users have the right to award to the second-ranked supplier, then the third and so on.

Users will be reaching out to the company contacts as provided below to discuss specific requirements, quoting the framework title/reference and creating an account number (if there is not already one available within the department to use).

Sustainability

Provision to manage sustainable impacts via the Net Positives supplier action tool.

Pricing

Pricing can be accessed by either contacting the courier suppliers or through the framework pricing document which can be provided to you by Procurement.

 

Lot
1st ranked supplier
Supplier contact details
Lot 1 - UK Domestic Courier Services Parcelforce

Mark Brudett (Account Director)
07843290617
mark.burdett@parcelforce.co.uk 

Lot 2 – International Courier Services Parcelforce

Mark Brudett (Account Director)
07843290617
mark.burdett@parcelforce.co.uk

Lot 3 – Transport of Dangerous and Hazardous Goods DHL

Amanda Bridge (Director Industry Sales)
07812762252
amanda.bridge@dhl.com

Martin Price (National Business Development Manager)
07773007878
martin.price@dhl.com

Additional information

The Procurement Department are aware of an ongoing relationship with DHL for all courier services.

If users wish to keep using DHL to keep business as usual during the last few months of this framework, then this is permitted. This will be reviewed upon award of the new framework on 3rd December 2023.

Contact details for DHL are below:

Amanda Bridge (Director Industry Sales)
07812762252
amanda.bridge@dhl.com

Martin Price (National Business Development Manager)
07773007878
martin.price@dhl.com

This will be looked at again in September 2023 when a new framework will be available.

Should users wish to be provided with all suppliers included within all Lots to make an assessment on whether a direct award or other route should be used to make a purchase please contact procurement enquiries

Provision of Taxi Services

Reference

UOS-34936-2024

Expiry date

11th November 2028

Procurement contact

  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger

Scope

Scheduled Element

Provision of taxi and/or private vehicle hire service on a scheduled service.

 

  • Runs shall be required 7 days a week, 24 hours (52 weeks of the year) including Public holidays.
  • Single journeys can vary in length but will generally be up to 50 miles.
  • Some of these journeys will form part of a court order so must be completed correctly of which the Supplier will be advised at time of placing the order.
  • Single journeys may require multiple pickups of which the Bidder must calculate the most cost-effective route and advise the council.

 

Unscheduled Element

Provision of a taxi and/or private hire service on unscheduled service

 

  • Runs shall be required 7 days a week, 24 hours (52 weeks of the year) including public holidays.
  • Journeys will vary on length from 1 mile to 50 miles.
  • Some of these journeys will form part of a court order so must be complete correctly of which the supplier will be advised at time of placing the order.
  • Single journeys may require multiple pickups of which the bidder must calculate the most cost-effective route and advise the council.
  • Note GHSCP will stipulate the order of pick up and drops off within each booking.

 

Purchase method

Via framework (GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL - Provision of Taxis and Private Vehicle Hire GCC005912CPU), an award has been made to Glasgow Taxis who will fulfil any taxi services requirements.

Pricing

Pricing can be accessed by contacting Glasgow Taxis.

Contact Details for Glasgow Taxis

Supplier contact details

Supplier

Contact number

Contact for queries

email address

Glasgow Taxis Ltd

07794297070

Dougie McPherson

office@glasgowtaxis.co.uk 

dougiemcp@glasgowtaxis.co.uk

Provision of Coach Hire
Procurement contact
  • Our team    Laura Shaw / Ejiro Fajinmi / Paula Hirschganger
Scope

Any requirement for coach hire service should be procured via the normal university procurement routes, taking account of the value thresholds.  i.e. No competitive quotes for up to £3,000 and minimum of 3 recorded quotations for requirements estimated to be between £3,001 - £24,999.

 

To qualify to provide coach hire services for the University, a supplier must hold a PSV Licence.   Holding this license will demonstrate that the vehicles and organisations are suitably maintained and insured as appropriate.   Prior to booking a coach hire please ensure that you receive evidence of this licence.