The Human Resources Manager introduced the report which sought to extend the current contract with Matrix to provide agency workers, by a further year and to re-tender the service in 2021.  She explained that there had been a review of the service provided by Matrix from November 2018 to December 2019 as outlined at paragraph 2.4 on page 95 of the Agenda.

Resolved:

(1)  To extend the Matrix contract by 1 year in December 2020 on the existing framework arrangements.

(2)  To re-tender the service in 2021 to allow the necessary time to undertake the tendering and implementation process for the Managed Service Provider Contract.