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LinkedIn Licence Award

Job search services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "LinkedIn Licence Award". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.4Bids / Report
60% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 7 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
Last source update4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationJob search services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-037f3b
What is being bought
Award of LinkedIn Licence for MOD External Vacancies
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Advertisement of MOD external vacancies on LinkedIN's platform
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 3 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · £360,316
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
LinkedIn
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
LinkedIn Licence Renewal
£360,316 · signed 3 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-61575
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    65 Brown Street, Glasgow, UK, G2 8EX
    jonathan.mcniven101@mod.gov.uk

  • LinkedIn
    supplier

    Gardner House, Wilton Place, Dublin, IE

  • MOD
    reviewBody

    65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe justification is as per PCR 2015, Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) as follows: The Defence People - Civ HR, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a two-year contract with a value of £360,316 to LinkedIn for LinkedIn License for MOD external vacancies. In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons. This is because LinkedIn is the only provider (there is no alternative supplier offering their services) enabling business areas to showcase prospective candidates what it is like to work for them using a variety of content including adverts/featured content/testimonies before prospective candidates place an application for the advertised role. LinkedIn is the only company that provides hiring solutions services to customers within Europe, middle east & Africa. Its hiring and social networking solution is unique and as such, a direct competition process isn’t viable. Other companies like, ‘Facebook’, ‘Bark’, ‘Opportunity’, and ‘Xing’, offer similar social networking platforms but with limited professional reach, unlike LinkedIn. There are clear differences in the services on offer and the scale of reach in terms of target audience. Of these four companies, none have a comparable level of professional and global presence and therefore this would not enable MOD to source quality talent and in turn build and sustain a more diverse workforce. This would detrimentally impact on MOD ability to fill our roles and deliver MOD key objectives. Given the above there are no other value-for-money alternatives to consider which will enable the Authority to promote MOD as an employer, advertise vacancies and additional products (recruiter directly reach out to prospective candidates).