Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold part of the information you have requested.
Please see below the answers to your request.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – Please can you provide me with the following information for the most recent complete fiscal year: Total number of temporary workers engaged by your organisation, broken down by department or function, if possible?
See attached PDF.
Question 2 – Total annual expenditure on temporary workers, including a breakdown of costs by department or function, if possible?
See attached PDF for individual rates for individual workers.
I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information, however the information is exempt from disclosure to you. Section 21 of the Act - Information available elsewhere. Section 21 Information available by other means
The annual expenditure can be calculated by visiting our Transparency site, Invoices & Expenditure (essex-fire.gov.uk) select the month you require from the Select Category drop down, expenditure is displayed according to your search parameters.
Question 3 – Total number of agency suppliers (Preferred Suppliers/non-Preferred Suppliers) in your organisation’s labour supply chain ?
I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information, however the information is exempt from disclosure to you. Section 21 of the Act - Information available elsewhere. Section 21 Information available by other means You can find this information on our Transparency Site Contracts and Purchase Orders (essex-fire.gov.uk), select the Contracts Awarded in the left hand Select Category drop down, details of agencies used can be found here.
Question 4 – Details of any existing Managed Service Programme or Provider (MSP) and/or Vendor Management System (VMS) used to manage temporary workers: Name of the MSP and VMS ?
The Provider is Randstad. VMS is called Netive.
Question 5 – Date the contract was awarded.
06/12/2019
Question 6 – Date of contract expiration.
01/03/2024
Question 7 – Name of the government procurement framework through which the MSP and VMS were procured?
YPO HR Services and Solutions Framework (Ref 569) – Lot 1: Managed Services for Contingent Labour
Question 8 – Details of any upcoming retendering or renewal processes related to your MSP and VMS contracts? Currently being reviewed but likely we will join a collaboration with 7 Forces.
Question 9 – Anticipated date for the retendering or renewal process to commence ?
November 2023
Question 10 – Name and contact information of the person responsible for overseeing the retendering or renewal process.
Not known at this time – will be a member of 7 Forces procurement team.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essex-fire.gov.uk) .
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/. All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, System & Data Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.