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Re: Request information relating to your organisation’s workforce and staffing expenditure for the most recently completed financial year, 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Please could you provide the following information:

1. Total Workforce Spend (FY 2025/26)

Please provide the total workforce spend incurred by the authority during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including agency workers, contractors, interim managers, permanent recruitment, staff banks and outsourced workforce services.

2. Current Workforce Suppliers

Please provide a list of all workforce suppliers used during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including total spend with each supplier.

3. Managed Service Provider (MSP), Neutral Vendor or RPO Arrangements

Please provide details of any current MSP, Neutral Vendor or Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arrangements, including:

• Supplier name

• Contract start date

• Contract expiry date

4. Workforce Technology Solutions

Please provide details of any Vendor Management System (VMS), Staff Bank Platform or workforce technology solution currently in use, including:

• Supplier name

• Contract expiry date

5. Workforce Supplier Spend

Please provide the total spend with each workforce supplier during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

6. Contract Renewal Opportunities

Please provide details of any workforce-related contracts due to expire within the next 24 months, including:

• Contract description

• Incumbent supplier

• Contract expiry date

7. Procurement Frameworks

Please confirm which procurement framework(s) are currently used for workforce and recruitment services.

8. Responsible Department

Please confirm which department is responsible for workforce procurement (e.g. Procurement, HR, Workforce Planning or Commercial Services).

9. Key Contact

Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the individual responsible for workforce procurement and recruitment services, where this information is publicly disclosable.

Please provide all spend figures exclusive of VAT where available.

Where FY 2025/26 data is not yet available, please provide the most recent 12-month period for which information is held.

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1. Total Workforce Spend (FY 2025/26)

Please provide the total workforce spend incurred by the authority during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including agency workers, contractors, interim managers, permanent recruitment, staff banks and outsourced workforce services.

£120,002,350 (local authority staff and agency)

2. Current Workforce Suppliers

Please provide a list of all workforce suppliers used during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including total spend with each supplier.

46,301.72 REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD

4,372.51 TEACHERACTIVE LIMITED

113,575.49 PROSPERO RECRUITMENT LIMITED

143,351.14 NONSTOP CONSULTING LTD

69,756.00 EQUITY FOUNDATION LTD

37,832.85 NOW EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED

4,300.20 SPECIALIST SECURITY CO LTD

5,312.39 VETRO RECRUITMENT LIMITED

5,280.00 SMART EDUCATION TUITION WALES LIMITED

39,866.00 CARRINGTON WEST LIMITED

5,994.08 PROSPERO PLANNING LIMITED

835,656.95 ROYAL EDUCARE

3,000.00 RH EDUCATION WALES LTD

119,471.47 LEADERS IN CARE

2,515,227.08 MATRIX SCM LIMITED

49,632.50 TEAM FACTORS LIMITED

2,667.81 GIANT FINANCE + LIMITED A/C SUPPORT ETHICS LTD

1,365.24 SEVEN RESOURCING LTD

40,131.58 BROOK STREET SOCIAL CARE UK LTD

24,796.00 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK AGENCY

1,198.41 BS PROJECT SERVICES LTD

4,748.09 TEACHING PERSONNEL LTD

45,835.57 NEW DIRECTIONS EDUCATION LTD

3. Managed Service Provider (MSP), Neutral Vendor or RPO Arrangements

Please provide details of any current MSP, Neutral Vendor or Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arrangements, including:

• Supplier name - Neutral Vendor - Matrix SCM Ltd

• Contract start date - 30/9/2024

• Contract expiry date - 29/9/2028

4. Workforce Technology Solutions

Please provide details of any Vendor Management System (VMS), Staff Bank Platform or workforce technology solution currently in use, including:

• Supplier name -N/A

• Contract expiry date - N/A

5. Workforce Supplier Spend

Please provide the total spend with each workforce supplier during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Same as Question 2

6. Contract Renewal Opportunities - N/A

Please provide details of any workforce-related contracts due to expire within the next 24 months, including:

• Contract description

• Incumbent supplier

• Contract expiry date

7. Procurement Frameworks

Please confirm which procurement framework(s) are currently used for workforce and recruitment services.

Welsh Government Commercial Delivery (WGCD) Managed Service for the Provision of Agency Workers

8. Responsible Department

Please confirm which department is responsible for workforce procurement (e.g. Procurement, HR, Workforce Planning or Commercial Services).

People Services and Transformation / Procurement

9. Key Contact

Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the individual responsible for workforce procurement and recruitment services, where this information is publicly disclosable.

Alison Anderson, Recruitment and Safeguarding Manager

(alison.anderson@merthyr.gov.uk)

Hannah Brown, Head of People Services and Transformation (Hannah.brown@merthyr.gov.uk)

Please provide all spend figures exclusive of VAT where available.

Where FY 2025/26 data is not yet available, please provide the most recent 12-month period for which information is held.

Please see attached.