Awarded contract

Agency Recruitment Services

Details

Value
£4,200,000
Topic
Recruitment services
Published
2 June 2025

Tender description

The University is seeking to establish a Recruitment Framework Agreement to engage with recruitment specialists to undertake recruitment from Executive to Academic roles under five (5) Lots. Lot 1: Executive Example Roles - University Executive Board Level such as Chief Operating Officer, Chief People Officer, Provost, and Pro Vice Chancellor Deans We are seeking a high- touch executive search service for this lot. This will include innovative attraction, search, selection, and appointment support. We expect suppliers to have good existing networks with an excellent knowledge of the sector and the organisation and work closely in partnership with the University to deliver executive level talent. Lot 2: Leadership Example Roles - Directors, Deputy Directors, and Senior Academics We would look for a supplier who can provide a full search and selection service, which is fully customisable based on the hiring managers requirements. We expect suppliers to have good existing networks with an excellent knowledge of the sector and the organisation and work closely with the University to deliver Leadership level talent Lot 3: Professional Services Example Roles - Head of Department, Business Partners, IT Specialists We would be looking for search service for roles of this level where the supplier takes a full brief of the requirements and delivers a selection of well-considered and highly suitable candidates for the hiring manager to consider. Suppliers should have experience in delivering roles of this level and the specialism required and understand how these roles function in the HEI environment. We expect suppliers to deliver insights into the market and provide considered consultative advice that will support the talent search. Lot 4: Higher Education (HE) Academic Example roles - Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, Researcher, HE Apprenticeships We would be looking for search service for roles of this level where the supplier takes a full brief of the requirements and delivers a selection of well-considered and highly suitable candidates for the hiring manager to consider. Suppliers should have experience in academic recruitment and have an existing network of talent within Academia. We expect suppliers to deliver insights into the market and provide considered consultative advice that will support the talent search. Lot 5: Further Education (FE) Example Roles - Curriculum Lead, Tutors, Teachers, FE Apprenticeship roles We would be looking for search service for roles of this level where the supplier takes a full brief of the requirements and delivers a selection of well-considered and highly suitable candidates for the hiring manager to consider. Suppliers should have experience in delivering roles within the FE sector and have a working knowledge of Safer Recruitment. We expect suppliers to deliver insights into the market and provide considered consultative advice that will support the talent search.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published2 June 2025
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About the buyer

The University of Derby is a higher education institution on Kedleston Road in Derby, and buys as an education organisation. The University is a member of the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium. Procurement business partners cover corporate and policy, digital services and solutions, and estates. A category manager and two assistant category specialists support them. The team sits within Finance.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Derby's contract awards have been in software and information systems, office and computing equipment and construction work.

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