Official UK procurement notice
EU 590 Recruitment and personnel leasing services
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: Bulgaria (BG)
Published estimate£70,000≈ £23k / year · £84,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Aug 2025awarded 23 Jan 2026
Awarded to Adecco Bulgaria EOOD
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Oct 2028 · up to 1 Oct 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEU 590 Recruitment and personnel leasing services for British Council Bulgaria
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£70,000
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Quality60%andCommercials40%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2025, 15:36 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 09:02 BST
- Authority reference
EU_590 Recruitment and personnel leasing of non-permanent workers- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048123- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058661Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
12 Aug 2025 → 20 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 15:36 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts386 days ago1 Oct 2025
- Latest notice published94 days ago20 Jul 2026, 09:02 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2025- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 15:36 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published20 Jul 2026, 09:02 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete20 Jul 2026, 09:02 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adecco Bulgaria EOOD | €78,939 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Adecco Bulgaria EOOD
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- €78,939
- Period
- 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 · up to 1 Feb 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Possible extension of two years
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Adecco Bulgaria EOODAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender