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Published 1 Apr 2025, 11:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (National) NERARS

Official notice

Authority: Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS) (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 28 Feb 2030 · up to 28 Feb 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Framework for Education Recruitment, Advertising, and Workforce Resourcing Solutions

CPV: Advertising services · Recruitment services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Mar 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 – 28 Feb 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 28 Feb 2031 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
79341000 Advertising services79600000 Recruitment services

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (National)…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
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
1 Apr 2025, 11:11 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2025, 11:11 BST
Authority reference
PFB4064 SU
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012180
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising servicesRecruitment services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb23 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 11:11 BST
  2. Tender notice expected175 days ago
    2 May 2026, 00:59 BST
  3. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 128 days
    1 Mar 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 11:11 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 02732244 Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Earley Gate, Reading, South East, RG6 6BUContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender