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

  • Closed tenderPublished 29 April 2021

    E-ROSTERING

    Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustSoftware package and information systems

    £1,000,000

  • Expired contractPublished 28 April 2021

    Provision of Temporary Staffing

    Thanet District CouncilSupplier(s) Serveco LtdRecruitment servicesAwarded 1 January 2021

    £51,430

  • Awarded contractPublished 27 April 2021

    Permanent and Fixed Term Staff Recruitment Fulfilment

    Scottish Qualifications AuthoritySupplier(s) Recruitment servicesAwarded 19 April 2021

    £400,000

  • Expired contractPublished 23 April 2021

    Executive Search - RTGS Board Member

    Bank of EnglandSupplier(s) SAXTON BAMPFYLDE HEVER LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 21 April 2021

    £28,000

  • Expired contractPublished 22 April 2021

    Managed Recruitment Services

    University of SouthamptonSupplier(s) CARLISLE STAFFING PLCBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesAwarded 26 January 2021

    £10,506,940

  • Expired contractPublished 22 April 2021

    EHRC 2122-03 Executive Recruitment Campaign

    EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONSupplier(s) Moloney SearchRecruitment servicesAwarded 19 April 2021

    £87,939.2

  • Closed tenderPublished 22 April 2021

    Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework

    Ministry of DefenceServices furnished by professional organisations

    £1,200,000,000

  • Expired contractPublished 20 April 2021

    CCC - Senior Social Worker/Social Work - Family Safeguarding - March - HQ00020747.11 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Caritas RecruitmentRecruitment servicesAwarded 20 April 2021

    £34,151

  • Expired contractPublished 20 April 2021

    CCC - SEN Casework Officer x 3 - Cambridgeshire - HQ00020688 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Spencer Clarke GroupRecruitment servicesAwarded 20 April 2021

    £33,280

  • Expired contractPublished 20 April 2021

    NHS T&T Genomics Service Director - Executive Search (1213 Russell Reynolds)

    Department of Health and Social CareSupplier(s) Russell Reynolds Associates LimitedRecruitment servicesAwarded 16 March 2021

    £30,000

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  • Expired contractPublished 20 April 2021

    CCC - Project/Programme Manager - 4 requirements - HQ00020716 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Seven Resourcing LtdRecruitment servicesAwarded 20 April 2021

    £39,680

  • Expired contractPublished 20 April 2021

    CCC - Senior Social Worker/Social Worker (Childrens) - Disabled Children's Referral and Access Team - Huntingdon - HQ00020487.14 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Liquid Personnel LtdSupply services of personnel including temporary staffAwarded 20 April 2021

    £34,151

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 April 2021

    Recruitment of Director of Operational Finance

    NHS South West - AcutesRecruitment services

    £10,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 April 2021

    Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework

    Ministry of DefenceTechnical services

    £1,200,000,000

  • Expired contractPublished 14 April 2021

    Selection and appointment process of NMC panel members

    Nursing and Midwifery CouncilSupplier(s) GatenbySanderson LimitedRecruitment servicesAwarded 15 March 2021

    £126,985.8

  • Closed tenderPublished 14 April 2021

    RFT for the provision of executive search services to support the recruitment campaign for the appointment of a new Director General for Science Foundation Ireland

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 13 April 2021

    CCC - Rate up to £50ph umbrella - Quantity Surveyor - HQ00020483.7 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Eden Brown LtdBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 13 April 2021

    £25,348

  • Expired contractPublished 13 April 2021

    CCC - Rate £37ph umbrella - Senior Social Worker - Childrens Team (Family Safeguarding) Cambridge South - HQ00020456.12 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) ​​Sanctuary Personnel Limited​Supply services of personnel including temporary staffAwarded 13 April 2021

    £19,480

  • Expired contractPublished 13 April 2021

    CCC - Project Manager - Cambridge - HQ00020799 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) PERMANENT FUTURES LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 13 April 2021

    £33,637

  • Expired contractPublished 13 April 2021

    CCC - Flood Risk Officer x 2 - Cambridge - HQ00020736 - AWARD

    Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County CouncilSupplier(s) Avocet Staffing Limited, Spencer Clarke GroupBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityAwarded 13 April 2021

    £8,191

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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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