Contract award · 28 Aug 2025

Industrial Action provisions

Government Property Agency awarded “Industrial Action provisions” to ISS Facility Services Limited for £7.07m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionBusiness servicesWest Midlands

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Government Property Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£7,066,642
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
Business services · Facilities management services (CPV 79993100)
Timeline
  1. Contract date28 Aug 2025
  2. Published28 Aug 2025Published the same day

Description

The Government Property Agency ("GPA") has agreed to provide additional funding to the Supplier to recognise their increased costs of supplying services under the Contract. These increased costs have resulted from the settlement of ongoing industrial action with one or more Trade Unions, as part of which the Supplier has agreed to provide the following to their staff deployed on the Contract: Minimum pay rate of £14.00 per hour effective 1st November 2024. A differential uplift will be applied to all current rates above the minimum rate effective 1st November 2024 ranging between 4% - 6%. A non-consolidated payment of £400.00 Annual Leave Entitlement shall increase from 1st July 2025 as follows: 0-3 years' service: 25 days plus bank holidays 3-5 years' service: 27 days plus bank holidays 5+ years' service: 28 days plus bank holidays Full sick pay will be paid from Day One (no "waiting days") for a maximum of 35 days in a rolling 12-month period with effect from 1st July 2025. The foll…

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