31.10  Workforce Information

The Service Provider has provided to the Authority, and the Authority has agreed, the Workforce Information which show, in respect of each of the Services, the following information:

(a)  the workforce which the Service Provider proposes to establish to provide the Services (the Proposed Workforce) classified by reference to grade, job description, hours worked, shift pattern, pay scales, rates of pay, terms and conditions and pension arrangements21;

(b)  the monthly costs of employing the Relevant Employees who are expected to be engaged in the provision of the Services.  These costs (the Remuneration Costs) have been calculated on the basis of (amongst other things) the information contained in the First Employee List22; and

(c)  the costs, including any lump sum payments, which have been agreed between the parties for the purposes of any reorganisation which may be required to establish the Proposed Workforce or a workforce which is as close as reasonably practicable to the Proposed Workforce or a workforce which is as close as reasonably practicable to the Proposed Workforce [(including but not limited to costs associated with dismissal by reason of redundancy or capability and costs of recruitment)].  These costs (the Reorganisation Costs) have been calculated by the Service Provider and the relevant sub-contractors on the basis of (amongst other things) the information contained in the First Employee List23.

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21  This should be reviewed against the bidding assumptions in respect of the project.
22  In other words, these costs are the allowance made by the Service Provider in its bid for continuing payments of salary, NI, pensions contributions, etc to the workforce it proposes to establish to provide the Service.
23  These costs are the non-recurring costs of establishing the Service Provider's workforce. These might include, for example, possible redundancy costs if the workforce which the Service Provider expects to inherit from the Authority does not match the required profile. The drafting is reasonably wide, although it is a requirement that both parties are agreed as the extent, and methodology of calculating, the Reorganisation Costs, and Authorities and their advisers may wish to consider carving out some costs on a project specific basis.  NB - it is assumed for the purposes of this document that any re-profiling of the workforce is carried out by the Service Provider after the Service Commencement Date. If it has been agreed that the Authority will undertake this responsibility, the wording may need review.