Stale Pre-tender

3A-B_27 Self-Service Recruitment Advertising and Related Services

Details

Buyer: Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Value: £7,200,000
Topic: Advertising material
Published: 13 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Please note, this is a Pipeline notice only for ESPO contracts that are forecast to be re-procured or new procurement projects that are expected to be undertaken. The details captured are therefore only provided as an estimate, and no further information other than as captured can be provided at this time. For all current ESPO opportunities, please visit https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ For details of ESPO Frameworks, please visit https://www.espo.org/frameworks.html This Pipeline notice is being published to alert the supplier market that ESPO intends to establish a framework for self-service recruitment advertising, enabling customers to place recruitment advertising using the service providers' systems, with minimal creative input from the service provider. Tools for Applicant Management (tracking/screening/communication) and Advertising Outcomes Analysis included in the service providers' offering.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published13 May 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council is a local authority that also trades nationally as ESPO, short for the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a professional buying organisation it owns jointly with five more councils. ESPO serves public sector bodies and education establishments across the country. More than 100 free-to-access framework agreements sit alongside a product catalogue of 25,000 items. A framework is an agreement between the buying organisation, ESPO and an external supplier. In-house procurement experts at ESPO support customers through the frameworks and the catalogue. Councils, schools and academies buy directly through these routes rather than running separate tenders.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of ESPO's contract awards have been in furniture and furnishings, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

22462000 · Advertising material
79340000 · Advertising and marketing services
79600000 · Recruitment services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov