Official UK procurement notice
260 - HR Recruitment Agency Framework Tender.
Authority: Coleg Gwent (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis tender is to create a framework of recruitment agencies for Coleg Gwent's Human Resources Dept. We are looking to potentially appoint 3 ranked agencies, and then a pool of up to 7 other agencies that we can use to hopefully cover all the recruitment needs of the College. Presentations will be held during the evaluation, to clarify the scoring. The framework will last 2 years, then be opened up and reviewed, then closed again for a further 2 years. All documents to be published in Bravo Etendering portal.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 20 Aug 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 19 Aug 2030
Published description of the framework
The framework will consist of potentially 3 ranked suppliers , then another 7 suppliers to hopefully cover all recruitment need that the college may have.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,800,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Quality / technical: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality / technical: Quality part of the tender
- “260 - HR Recruitment Agency Framework Tender.” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Feb 2026, 14:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 May 2026, 10:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
260- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048498- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06550cFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Timeline
16 Feb 2026 → 20 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published248 days ago16 Feb 2026, 14:41 GMT
- Market engagement209 days ago26 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
If you are interested in coming to the engagement day, where we hope to set out what we are looking for in the tender, please can you register an interest so we know how many potential suppliers may come to the engagement day.
************ PLEASE NOTE we need to change the engagement date from the 26th March to April 15th, We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this. ******************************
- Next notice expected184 days ago20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published149 days ago26 May 2026, 10:35 BST
- Clarification questions by120 days ago24 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends111 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by86 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts63 days ago20 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Feb 2026, 14:41 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Mar 2026, 10:51 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published26 May 2026, 10:35 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active26 May 2026, 10:35 BST
- Procurement method changed26 May 2026, 10:35 BST
- Deadline published: 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST26 May 2026, 10:35 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents to be found in Bravo etendering portal
- Technical specifications All documents for this tender to be found in Bravo etendering wales portal, The specification document has the questions for the technical part of the tender..
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender