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 2 August 2017

    Recruitment services

    £2,000,000

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 1 August 2017

    Recruitment services

    Bron Afon Community Housing LtdSupply services of commercial or industrial workers

    £9,000,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 1 August 2017

    Recruitment services

    RadianRecruitment services

    £2,400,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 1 August 2017

    Recruitment Services

    RadianRecruitment services

    Value not stated

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 28 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Crown Commercial ServicePlacement services of personnel

    £400,000,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 28 July 2017

    International GP Recruitment Service for NHS South Tees and Hartlepool & Stockton-on-Tees CCGs

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 27 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Renfrewshire CouncilAssessment centre services for recruitment

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 26 July 2017

    Recruitment Partner

    Wolverhampton City CouncilSupplier(s) ADECCOAccounting servicesAwarded 31 July 2017

    £24,000,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 26 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 26 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    University of WolverhamptonRecruitment services

    £2,000,000

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  • Expired contractPublished 25 July 2017

    PS17121:Executive search for the following position: Met Office Chair

    UK Shared Business Services - UKSBSSupplier(s) SAXTON BAMPFYLDE HEVER LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 20 July 2017

    £14,000

  • Expired contractPublished 25 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Wolverhampton City CouncilSupplier(s) ADECCORecruitment servicesAwarded 23 April 2017

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 25 July 2017

    PS17122 Executive Search for the following positions: UKRI Executive Chair roles for the MRC, STFC and one other Council

    UK Shared Business Services - UKSBSSupplier(s) SAXTON BAMPFYLDE HEVER LIMITEDRecruitment servicesAwarded 12 July 2017

    £70,000

  • Expired contractPublished 24 July 2017

    Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources

    Cheshire ConstabularySupplier(s) ADECCOAwarded 24 July 2017

    £900,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 21 July 2017

    Education Executive Search Services Framework

    Lancaster UniversityRecruitment services

    £400,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 21 July 2017

    Temporary Recruitment Services

    Sanctuary Housing AssociationRecruitment services

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 20 July 2017

    GB-Telford: Recruitment of Permanent Staff

    Telford and Wrekin CouncilRecruitment services

    £75,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Lancaster UniversityRecruitment services

    £400,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Suffolk County CouncilRecruitment services

    £8,000,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 July 2017

    Recruitment services

    Sanctuary Housing AssociationRecruitment services

    £90,000,000

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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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