Parity and the Public Sector

Parity Resources has a highly successful public sector division which, over the last 39 years, has grown to become the leading supplier of IT and Project Management staffing across the public sector.

During that time, we have developed close relationships with our customers across the public sector, enabling us to understand their business drivers and help them achieve their resourcing objectives.  Our dedicated team have established relationships with a large number of clients across all sectors including Central, Civil & Local Government, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, Education, Defence, and Not-for-Profit.

No. 1 Supplier

 
Much of our work in the public sector is enabled through Preferred Supplier Agreements, notably those governed by Buying Solutions; an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury.  Parity has operated under the Buying Solutions frameworks since its inception in 1997; initially through the SCAT and Catalist frameworks and, following a recent re-branding exercise, the Buying Solutions frameworks.

Parity is currently the leading supplier through the Buying Solutions framework for Specialist Contractors for both IT and Project and Programme Management (PPM). In addition, Parity also provides high level expertise across a range of disciplines through the Buying Solutions Interim Management Framework.

Our Success

Parity’s success in the public sector has also resulted in further appointments to a range of new frameworks and Preferred Supplier Agreements across the public sector including:

• Ministry of Defence: Preferred Supplier of Limited Duration Contractors under the DE&S Framework across the whole of the MoD 
• Natural England: Preferred Supplier of IT and Project Management Contractors  
• Buying Solutions Commercial Resources Framework: Awarded Supplier providing PPM, Business Analysts, IM&T and Commercial Specialists across the NHS
• Buying Solutions Non-Medical, Non-Clinical Temporary Staff Framework: Awarded Supplier providing temporary administrative, clerical, professional, scientific, technical and therapeutic staff
• House of Commons: Preferred Supplier for the Supply of Interim IT and Project Management Specialists
• HM Land Registry: Primary Supplier for the provision of IT contract staff
• University of Manchester: Preferred Supplier for the provision of temporary staff

Why choose Parity?

• No.1 supplier of IT and PPM Specialist Contractors through the Government Buying Solutions Framework
• Over 39 years experience of staffing provision operating through our dedicated public sector division
• Extensive experience and long standing relationships spanning Central, Civil & Local Government, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, Education, Defence, and Not-for-Profit sectors. Our consultants focus in specialist areas, enabling us to offer comprehensive knowledge of each sector and respond more effectively to individual requirements
• HM Government approved organisation with the ability to verify and undertake security clearance across all levels from Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC), up to Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance level
• Access to over 270,000 qualified and referenced candidates across the UK at all management and consultant levels spanning the entire technology and project life-cycle
• An extensive database of security cleared candidates with experience of working in a variety of secure environments
• Customer focused, undertaking a formal Contractor Care programme including discounted training and assignment monitoring with every individual placed
• A national network of offices providing clients with local support and tailored service delivery supported by established and consistent processes
• Focused on offering high quality streamlined recruitment processes to our clients and candidates, underpinned by our ISO 9001:2008 certification
• Founding Member of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)

Our Public Sector Clients

Parity’s public sector division works across a number of sectors, with specialist consultants within each area.  The core sectors that we focus on, and some of our key clients within each, are noted below:

Criminal Justice

Home Office
Metropolitan Police
Ministry of Justice
Identity and Passport Service
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
National Police Improvement Agency

Defence

HQ Land Command
Defence Estates
DSDA
 

Local Government

Essex County Council
Kent County Council
Warwickshire County Council
Surrey County Council

Health

NHS Connecting for Health
Department for Health
Primary Care Trusts
NHS Information Centre

 

Education

Learning and Skills Council
BECTA
University of Manchester
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Children, Schools and Families

For further information, please call 0845 873 0781 or
e-mail public-sector@parity.net