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# Executive Recruitment Provider

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/executive-recruitment-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-05f90c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Berkshire Fire Authority: "Executive Recruitment Provider". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Berkshire Fire Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-berkshire-fire-authority-GB-PPON-PGTB-9133-ZLDZ)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £50,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/executive-recruitment-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-05f90c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f90c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/executive-recruitment-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-05f90c#tl-md)

## Description
Due to the retirement of the current Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive (CFO / CEX) of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service in March 2026, the Authority is initiating a process to recruit the next CFO / CEX).
The successful agency will help in candidate identification and selection, sift through CV application and cover letters, manage the search activity for suitable candidates through specialists' networks, sifting and long listing candidates, organising assessments, conducting due diligence, cross checking references and managing risks and organising final panel for candidate selection.
The Authority used three quotes process to award the contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Gatenby Sanderson Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185797`
  - Value: £50,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 14/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084348-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-18T12:44:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:41:16.598Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f90c