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 8 September 2021

    For Transparency Purposes Only - 701577569 - Exec Search for AFRIR Chairperson

    Ministry of DefenceSupplier(s) Green Park Interim & Executive LimitedSupply services of office personnelAwarded 19 August 2021

    £20,700

  • Closed tenderPublished 7 September 2021

    Preferred Supplier List for Recruitment Agencies for Permanent and Fixed Term Contracts

    Stonewater LtdRecruitment services

    £745,210

  • Awarded contractPublished 7 September 2021

    Contingent Recruitment Services

    The National ArchivesSupplier(s) Advantage ResourcingRecruitment servicesAwarded 2 September 2021

    £125,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 7 September 2021

    Preferred Supplier List for Recruitment Agencies for Permanent and Fixed Term Contracts

    Stonewater LtdRecruitment services

    £745,210

  • Expired contractPublished 7 September 2021

    Contingent Recruitment Services - Digital Posts

    The National ArchivesSupplier(s) Advantage Resourcing (UK) LtdRecruitment servicesAwarded 2 September 2021

    £125,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 7 September 2021

    1566 ITT EW - Contingent Recruitment

    University of NottinghamRecruitment services

    £120,000

  • Expired contractPublished 6 September 2021

    Recruitment

    National Wealth FundSupplier(s) Russell Reynolds Associates LimitedRecruitment servicesAwarded 1 August 2021

    £78,000

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 6 September 2021

    Prior Information Nottinghmashire County Council Recruitment Agency

    Nottinghamshire County CouncilRecruitment services

    Value not stated

  • Awarded contractPublished 5 September 2021

    Invitation to Tender to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Managed Service Provision of End to End Recruitment Services on behalf of the HSE and HSE Funded Agencies

    Health Service Executive (HSE)Supplier(s) Cpl Resources PlcAdministrative healthcare servicesAwarded 5 September 2021

    €1

  • Expired contractPublished 3 September 2021

    AF&C Recruitment Services (12 roles)

    Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) MICHAEL PAGE RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 12 August 2021

    £41,344

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  • Closed tenderPublished 2 September 2021

    RFT for Recruitment Services

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 2 September 2021

    Request for Provision of Recruitment Services

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 2 September 2021

    Provision of Temporary Catering Staff for the University of Strathclyde

    University of StrathclydeRecruitment services

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 1 September 2021

    Chief Data Architect & G6 Role

    Maritime and Coastguard AgencySupplier(s) GLOBAL RESOURCING LTDSupply services of personnel including temporary staffAwarded 11 October 2019

    £28,500

  • Awarded contractPublished 1 September 2021

    Vacancy Campaign Management

    Welsh GovernmentSupplier(s) PENNA PLCRecruitment servicesAwarded 13 August 2021

    Value not stated

  • Awarded contractPublished 1 September 2021

    Invitation to Tender to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Managed Service Provision of End to End Recruitment Services on behalf of the HSE and HSE Funded Agencies

    Health Service Executive (HSE)Supply services of nursing personnelAwarded 1 September 2021

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 1 September 2021

    Executive Search

    Financial Conduct AuthoritySupplier(s) IRG ADVISORS LLPRecruitment servicesAwarded 6 July 2021

    £90,000

  • Expired contractPublished 1 September 2021

    Executive Search - Head of Risk Advisory Department

    Financial Conduct AuthoritySupplier(s) KORN FERRY (UK) LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 23 August 2021

    £64,800

  • Expired contractPublished 31 August 2021

    CCC - Project Officer - Education x 2 - HQ00021610 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Danluker LtdBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 31 August 2021

    £12,404

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 31 August 2021

    Trustee and Governor Recruitment and Induction Support Programmes - CF

    Department for EducationEducation and training services

    £3,600,000

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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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