Recruitment Contracts and Tenders
See open recruitment tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Recruitment procurement covers executive search and non-executive appointment campaigns, permanent and temporary recruitment agencies, and supply teachers and other agency staff. Specialist sourcing for hard-to-fill roles such as nuclear inspectors, planners and legal staff comes up too, as do recruitment advertising and managed services run by a single provider.
Recruitment work runs through frameworks and preferred supplier lists, such as ESPO's strategic HR framework and the Government Commercial Agency frameworks for executive search and supply teachers, with agencies called off per vacancy. Buyers include councils, academy trusts, colleges, housing associations, NHS trusts and central government bodies.
5,344 results
- Expired contractPublished 24 November 2021
DHSC: FMR: Buying Coordinator
£14,369.63
- Awarded contractPublished 23 November 2021
Contract Award - Provision of Recruitment Services for Non-Executive Directors to the NTMA, as controller and manager of the ISIF, to Boards of Companies the NTMA has invested in
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 23 November 2021
DHSC: FMR: Buying Coordinator
£14,369.63
- Expired contractPublished 23 November 2021
DHSC: FMR: Buying Coordinator
£14,369.63
- Expired contractPublished 23 November 2021
Executive Search - Director of Authorisations
£72,000
- Expired contractPublished 23 November 2021
Human Resource Recruitment Services (RPO) utilising the ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework Agreement (3S) Lot 7a: Recruitment Process Outsourcing
£3,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 22 November 2021
DHSC: MCPE: Correspondence Officer
£17,999.02
- Expired contractPublished 22 November 2021
Grade 6 Recruitment Activity
£195,600
- Expired contractPublished 22 November 2021
Recruitment for Director of communications
£34,000
- Expired contractPublished 22 November 2021
DHSC: MCPE: Correspondence Officer
£11,768.59
- Expired contractPublished 22 November 2021
Award of Permanent Recruitment Services
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 19 November 2021
Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Recruitment Services for the Mental Health Commission
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 18 November 2021
SCS2 Director of Technology - Executive Search Agency (con_12253)
£25,000
- Expired contractPublished 18 November 2021
DHSC: NSDR: Executive Assistant
£31,549.5
- Expired contractPublished 18 November 2021
Digital Recruitment Service
£31,950
- Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021
DHSC: UKCVS: Intelligence Analyst
£47,575
- Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021
DHSC: UKCVS: Communications Manager
£79,230.69
- Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021
DHSC: UKCVS: Project Support
£5,187.38
- Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021
Provision of G6 Head of Operations
£15,000
- Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021
DHSC: Vaccines Deployment Programme: Finance Business Partner
£40,050
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about recruitment contracts, recruitment tenders, recruitment services tender, tender for recruitment, recruitment services, recruitment agency, executive search, temporary staffing, supply teacher agency in the UK public sector.
What types of recruitment tenders appear in UK procurement?
Recruitment procurement spans several distinct routes: multi-supplier agency frameworks for temporary and permanent staff, standalone competitions for executive and non-executive search, and specialist recruitment for niche functions such as research participant recruitment. Education trusts and the NHS run some of the highest-volume recruitment frameworks, covering supply teachers, clinical staff and support roles.
How are recruitment contracts typically procured?
Most authorities buy recruitment services through multi-supplier frameworks rather than one-off contracts, appointing several agencies across lots split by role type or specialism, then calling off suppliers as vacancies arise. Awards make up a large share of the notices on record, which points to frameworks and call-offs doing much of the work rather than single open competitions.
Which frameworks are used to buy recruitment services in the UK public sector?
The Government Commercial Agency's executive and non-executive recruitment services framework and its supply teachers and education recruitment framework are the two national routes that appear in recruitment call-offs. The executive framework covers executive search and non-executive and public appointments, and bodies such as the Ministry of Justice, HM Revenue & Customs, the Gambling Commission and NHS Property Services have called off from it by further competition or direct award.
The supply teachers framework covers supply teaching staff and wider education recruitment. Academy trusts such as St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust and Stamford Park Trust have called off from it by direct award, often appointing several agencies at once.
How do I find recruitment contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read finance and governance reviews, compliance requirements, framework renewal dates and expiry dates for existing contracts, which show recruitment work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
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