How We Will Be Working With Swindon Borough Council

Matrix SCM are delighted to have been appointed as the Managed Service Provider for Swindon Borough Council’s agency worker contract, which came into effect this from Tuesday 3^rdJuly.

Swindon Borough Council joins Wiltshire Council, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Avon & Somerset Police in a growing client base in the South West Region.

Matrix-CR.Net will be used by the Council for the end-to-end procurement and management of agency workers. The arrangement allows Swindon Borough Council to:

• Manage fulfilment of requirements with full transparency;
• Enforce Council policies and required compliances;
• Develop and manage a fully accredited and expanding supply chain;
• Provide suppliers with better information they need to better candidate match to job roles;
• Access a wide selection of fully compliant agency workers in line with Swindon Borough Council’s set requirements;
• Download real-time Management Information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. 

Business Director for Swindon Borough Council, Ian Middleton, said, “We had a reduced timescale for implementation delivery but in a short space of time there was a full and comprehensive change from one working model to another. With the assistance of Swindon Borough Council, we have delivered this and we’re delighted that Swindon Borough Council has joined our customer base. Feedback from local suppliers who did not have an opportunity to provide staff through the previous arrangement has been extremely positive. I’m very excited to be working with them to help achieve their goals.”