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Published 11 Mar 2025

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Temporary and Permanent Recruitment

Authority: THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV: Recruitment services (79600000)
Published contract value£25,755,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 27 Apr 2028
Contract starts 28 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

An Invitation to Tender ("ITT") was made available by The Guinness Partnership Limited and all its subsidiaries ("Guinness") to those Organisations ("Tenderers") who are being invited to Tender for the Contract for a Master Vendor recruitment agency relationship to act as a sole recruitment agency that has full responsibility for filling vacancies for Guinness. This will either be done directly through their own pool of candidates or via their own approved supply chain of agencies, as well as the novated supply chain of agencies currently utilised by Guinness (the "Contract"). Any reference to "Service Provider" means the successful Tenderer(s).

The Guinness Partnership Limited sought to award the Contract through a mini-competition process calling off from Lot 5 of the Cirrus Agency Labour and Recruitment Framework (www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001344-2023 ↗).

Published procurement details

Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference
DN678703
Category
Services
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
No
Tender deadline
Procurement method
Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published
England, United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Award decision
    14 Dec 2023
  2. Notice published
    11 Mar 2025
  3. Contract starts
    28 Apr 2025
  4. Contract ends
    27 Apr 2028

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

  • THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDContracting authority 7th Floor, LONDON, NW13AX, EnglandContact name, email, phone
    Identifier
    sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/RTDJ3wZJ · GB-SRS

Suppliers named on the notice

  • Hays Specialist Recruitment LimitedSupplier 4th Floor 20 Triton Street, London, NW1 3BF
    Identifier
    00975677 · GB-COH
    Voluntary, community or social enterprise
    No
    Business size
    Large

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Source record

Source
Contracts Finder
Notice language
en
Release reference
ocds-b5fd17-959e5680-1f24-4409-958e-07b6ad933acb-2025-03-11T12:45:19Z
Published
11 Mar 2025
Latest update
11 Mar 2025
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-959e5680-1f24-4409-958e-07b6ad933acb
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-959e5680-1f24-4409-958e-07b6ad933acb-1