Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the provision of Recruitment Agencies (PME - Round 2)
Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£3,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 1 Apr 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University is looking to establish a framework for recruitment services across a number of areas. This will be split across a number of lots to enable the University to take advantage of best in class recruiters. This is the second round of Preliminary Market Engagement, which focusses on the Terms and Conditions.
CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services · Recruitment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
What this means for your bid
- “Framework for the provision of Recruitment Agencies (PME - Round 2)” 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
- 4 Sept 2025, 16:19 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2025, 16:19 BST
- Authority reference
UOE/2025/005/LLM.1- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054054- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059478Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
4 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Sept 2025, 16:19 BST
- Market engagement395 days ago27 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice expected360 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Sept 2025, 16:19 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender