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Published 5 Jun 2026, 10:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Permanent Recruitment Advertising Services for the Defra group

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitableVCSE suitable
Awarded value£4,500,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to PEOPLESCOUT LIMITED a TMP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Company (05648042)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract covers Permanent Recruitment Campaigns for Defra group. The service includes:

Campaign Attraction

  • Provide day to day recruitment advertising solutions for Defra Strategic Resourcing across Defra group, using market intelligence to support solutions and media recommendations for the best candidate engagement ensuring value for money.
  • Ensure Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) are considered within every aspect of attraction and advertising, offering expert advice on advert content and where to place advertisements to increase diversity of candidate pool and support social mobility.

Brand Development & Candidate Experience

  • Provide clear guidance on the most up-to-date methods of attraction & advertisement including how candidates apply, where they are looking and the best way to engage with passive candidates for agreed market sectors.
  • Create landing page options including layout and copy, incorporate approved media for recruitment campaigns worked through and agreed with the business or Strategic Resourcing lead.

Management Information

Service provider will provide a detailed breakdown of activity for each recruitment campaign service provider has managed. To include as a minimum:

i. Detail of financial spend including savings procured on behalf of the client. This will be achieved by establishing a Defra finance compliant invoicing and charging service, which aligns to our finance system.

ii. Media usage and performance of media e.g., click per view, geographical & diversity statistics.

iii. Average cost per hire (metric and calculation to be agreed with supplier)

iv. Recommendations for future campaigns

Creative solutions are provided to support wider initiatives to increasing representation and government initiatives, such as Levelling Up and wider Civil Service Reform.

Contract also provided for Sift and Assessment Services which requires TMP (PeopleScout) to undertake these activities in line with the agreed practices in place for Civil Service, NE and EA.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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
5 Jun 2026, 10:49 BST
Last source update
5 Jun 2026, 10:49 BST
Authority reference
P-39297
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053193
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ae63 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct award required to carry on service.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    5 Jun 2026, 10:49 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £4,500,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PEOPLESCOUT LIMITED a TMP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Company (05648042)5 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2028£4,500,000—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • People Scout LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHRR-2315-NZHL 265 Tottenham Court Road, London, London, W1T 7RQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender