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Published 15 Oct 2026, 11:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

New Home Office Strategic HR & Recruitment Services

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£500,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 14 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Saxton Bampfylde Hever Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Executive recruitment for PB1 and PB2 As per Lots 2a (Admin,HR & Business Support), 2c (Commercial, Finance, Procurement and Legal) and 2f (IT, Digital, Media and Marketing) of the ESPO 3S_26 Strategic HR and Recruitment Services Framework

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
79610000 Placement services of personnel

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
15 Oct 2026, 11:27 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2026, 11:43 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097390
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078851 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Compliant Direct Award under ESPO 3S_26

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Oct 2026 → 26 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published5 days ago
    15 Oct 2026, 11:43 BST
  2. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 6 days
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Oct 2026, 11:27 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Oct 2026, 11:43 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Saxton Bampfylde Hever LtdSME2 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2029Extensions: 12+12 months£500,00014 Oct 2026standstill to 26 Oct 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SAXTON BAMPFYLDE HEVER LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02018211 The Ministry, 79-81 Borough Road, LONDON, London, SE1 1DNContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender