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***Pre-Market Engagement*** BSP-26-012 HR Associate Framework

Details

Value
£495,000
Topic
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published
4 November 2026
Submission
24 November 2026in 3 weeks

Tender description

***This is a Pre-Market Engagement Exercise** The Education Authority (EA) intends to establish a Framework to provide Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and Business Management. The framework will be established for a period of 4 years. The scope of this Framework Agreement is to procure Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and general Business Management. The main objective of the Framework is to provide a professional resource which can be flexibly deployed across the full remit of services provided by People Directorate. The Framework will be used to provide extra capacity to enable the Directorate to fulfil its normal business functions, respond to customer needs and flexibly deal with peaks in workload. They may also be used to provide specialist skills and experience for larger one-off projects as and when required. The Framework will be structured across the following lots. • Lot 1 - Transformational, Change and Business Management • Lot 2 – Leadership • Lot 3 - Employee Relations • Lot 4 - Recruitment • Lot 5 - Business Analysis, Strategic Planning and Data Analytics • Lot 6 - Culture, Vision and Values • Lot 7 - Employee Engagement • Lot 8 - Coaching and Mentoring • Lot 9 - Equality and Human Rights • Lot 10 - Performance and Reward Please note this is not a framework for the provision of Legal Services This Exercise will be used to assist EA in gaining a better understanding of the market/feasibility of the requirements, the most appropriate procurement and operational approach, the capacity of the market to deliver the requirements and an opportunity for the market to highlight any possible risks or issues that may not have previously been considered.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published4 November 2026
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date24 November 2026in 3 weeks

About the buyer

Education Authority Northern Ireland administers most education sector procurement in Northern Ireland, and buys as a non-departmental public body with its own procurement service. That service is one of six Centres of Procurement Expertise in Northern Ireland. Procurement support also goes to schools, school meals kitchens and youth clubs. Contract categories run from transport, fleet and catering to construction, ICT and business services.

Dynamic purchasing systems are open to join, and a published pipeline lists current activity.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Authority Northern Ireland's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

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