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Published 28 Jul 2026, 10:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HR Advertising Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Civil Nuclear Police Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£350,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Penna plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A further competition under ESPO 3A_24 Lot 1 only for HR Advertising Services

CPV: Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The solution encompasses all CNCs specific requirements listed in clause 2, but can…Awarded

The solution encompasses all CNCs specific requirements listed in clause 2, but can also include a range of other recruitment and resourcing services accessible via this framework if required, as outlined below:

  • Provide advice and consultancy regarding media and recruitment topics, such as maximising candidate attraction; sourcing strategies; search engine optimisation; web-based services and social media; the use of advert wording.
  • Media planning, buying and negotiating the most cost effective media selection, including advice on using new/innovative/cutting edge and emerging media where relevant to attracting specific demographics; reaching the target audience; ensuring reach into groups that are typically underrepresented, supporting the customer in ensuring their workforce is reflective of the community they operate in.
  • Digital and Social media (including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, programmatic, SEO etc.)
  • Digital consultancy; social media community management and consultancy including curated blogs; candidate generation and management; individual recruitment campaigns (full end-to-end recruitment processes including research, advertising, sourcing candidates, response handling, sifting, screening, etc.); training Customer staff to manage social media accounts; employee engagement; on-boarding; and related activities; market and audience insight research.
  • Printed press (Mainstream newspapers; local / regional newspapers; specialist journals; trade magazines; etc.).
  • Any other media channels as required (talent networks, forums, careers fairs, TV, radio etc.)
  • All associated production and creative services for all channels
  • Employer branding consultancy and development as required
  • All account management services
  • Evaluation of advertising outcomes for advertising undertaken (including reports on end-to-end campaigns) for longer and always-on campaigns, provide in-campaign performance

reporting against benchmarks and actively manage the performance of each channel, making recommendations about possible adjustments at regular intervals.

Delivery: South East
Extensions: 1 x 12 month options

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Jul 2026, 10:07 BST
Last source update
28 Jul 2026, 10:07 BST
Authority reference
1200
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071065
Classification (CPV)
Advertising services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d4e2 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

A pre-tendered fully advertised and competitively established framework ESPO 3A_24 was used with further competition of which this contract has now been awarded

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £350,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 8
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Penna plc£350,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • HR Advertising Services · Penna plc

    Signed
    24 Jul 2026
    Value
    £350,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Civil Nuclear Police Authority

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawGeneral public services F6 Culham Campus, Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, South East, OX143DBContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Civil Nuclear ConstabularyReview body Culham

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Penna PLCAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01918150 London, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.