DPS for PSL

Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of 600 000 000 GBP and employing over 700 people from its base in Kent. Tracing its roots back to 1902,as an education stores department for Kent County Council, Commercial Services has subsequently grown organically to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and the emergency services. Connect2Kent (C2K) operates as a managed service provider recruitment business within Commercial Services dealing with temporary, contract and interim vacancies for the public sector. As a member of the REC,C2K operate to the highest standards of best practice in recruitment. Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of circa. 1 bn GBP on goods and services and a population of 1.5 m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, C2K has created create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for temporary worker agencies for preferred supplier listing status. The procurement process adopted by C2K is based upon the'Dynamic Purchasing System' as detailed in The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.