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 19 January 2021
Marketing Consultant Services
£40,000
- Expired contractPublished 18 January 2021
DBS Permanent Strategic Recruitment (G6)
£121,452
- Closed tenderPublished 18 January 2021
Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework
£1,200,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 15 January 2021
Recruitment for CSO role
£22,500
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 15 January 2021
Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework
£1,200,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 13 January 2021
NCG201107RFQ - Search, Selection & Recruitment **AWARD**
£27,000
- Closed tenderPublished 13 January 2021
RA296400 - X24 - Behavioural insight research in temporary staffing
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 12 January 2021
Recruitment services
€570,000
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2021
The Provision of Executive Search Services to Government Recruitment Service, on behalf of Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2021
Graduate Recruitment Scheme
£227,400
- Awarded contractPublished 12 January 2021
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
€57,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2021
Executive Search, Selection and Candidate Management Services for the role of Chair of Council and one further Member of Council.
£46,000
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2021
CCC - Senior Social Worker/Social Worker - Children in Care, South 2, Ely - HQ00020304 Rate up to £32ph umbrella - AWARD
£17,076
- Closed tenderPublished 8 January 2021
Recruitment services
€150,000
- Expired contractPublished 7 January 2021
CMA Chair Executive Search
£34,575
- Expired contractPublished 6 January 2021
Applicant tracking system for Government Recruitment Service - Contract extension option taken
£2,000,000
- Expired contractPublished 6 January 2021
CCC - Senior Social Worker - Adult Mental Health - remote/Huntingdon - HQ00020241.2 - re-released - AWARD
£17,557
- Awarded contractPublished 6 January 2021
Recruitment services
€500,000
- Expired contractPublished 5 January 2021
CCC - Senior Social Worker/Social Worker (Childrens) - Assessment Team, March - HQ00020150.1 - still outstanding / urgent - two requirements to fill - AWARD
£34,151
- Expired contractPublished 5 January 2021
CCC - Senior Social Worker/Social Worker - Young Adults Team - St Ives - HQ00020490.2 - AWARD
£32,838
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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