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title: "PROC 24-2598 - Provision of Job Advert services for Public Sector Vacancies  (Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement)"
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# PROC 24-2598 - Provision of Job Advert services for Public Sector Vacancies  (Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proc-24-2598-provision-of-job-advert-services-for-public-sector-vacancies-multi-supplier-f-ocds-h6vhtk-04920d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Police Authority: "PROC 24-2598 - Provision of Job Advert services for Public Sector Vacancies  (Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Police Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-police-authority-GB-PPON-PVNH-1196-RLWN)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Job search services, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04920d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proc-24-2598-provision-of-job-advert-services-for-public-sector-vacancies-multi-supplier-f-ocds-h6vhtk-04920d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fesop%2Fpts-host%2Fpublic%2Fpts%2Fweb%2Flogin.html%3FVISITORID%3D4acc5fc4-e9c2-429e-b7f9-b717d907d3c4)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proc-24-2598-provision-of-job-advert-services-for-public-sector-vacancies-multi-supplier-f-ocds-h6vhtk-04920d#participate

## Description
The recruitment department within Police Scotland regularly have a requirement to publish job adverts on recruitment platforms to reach the wide recruitment pool via the use of job board credits.
Therefore the Authority has a requirement to put in place a compliant Multi- supplier framework Agreement for the ongoing purchase of job board credits from a range of suitable online job board platforms for staff recruitment. This will enable the recruitment department to have control over where and when adverts are published and on which platforms, in the hope that it will attract high calibre external applicants for Business as usual (BAU) and hard to fill niche roles for both The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and Police Scotland.
The list below details job roles that the Authority have been required to advertise through the use of job board credits, however please note that this list is not exhaustive and shall be subject to change throughout the Framework period:
- Police Officer all roles and ranks
- Project managers
- IT specific job roles
- Change Management
- Forensics specific job roles
- Procurement specific job roles
- Finance specific job roles
- Service Centre specific job roles

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 79611000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Open Tender (FTS)

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011906-2025-Multi Supplier Framework Provision of Job Advert Services for Public Sector Vacancies-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **COSLA, CV Library, SATOS Media Ltd (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142327`, `GB-FTS-142328`, `GB-FTS-77439`, `GB-COH:04269861`, `GB-FTS-142329`
  - Value: £500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011906-2025-Multi Supplier Framework Provision of Job Advert Services for Public Sector Vacancies-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 18/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011906-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-31T07:48:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:36:00.530Z
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