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Temporary Worker Support Services

Essex County Council · Local authority

In brief

Essex County Council awarded accountancy and recruitment work to Matrix SCM Limited on 4 November 2026.

The notice gives a value of £48,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 23 November 2026.

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What the notice says

ECC requires a partner to provide a temporary worker support service that owns the contractual engagement, weekly payroll, timesheet processing, and billing for all temporary workers sourced directly by ECC’s HR Shared Services Team, as well as those supplied through ECC’s third party agency supply chain, for ECC and our existing and new local authority partners. In addition, while ECC will continue to manage all recruitment and attraction activity, the partner should also provide optional access to their wider supply chain (such as a neutral vendor network), to act as a contingency or fallback solution should additional sourcing support or alternative fulfilment routes be required.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Matrix SCM Limited (SME)
1 bid received
£48,000,000
Awarded 4 November 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 067859-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 104673-2026

About the buyer

Essex County CouncilLast 12 months

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From notice 067859-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 17 July 2026, last updated 4 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 4 November 2026.