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title: "Professional Networking Platform Services"
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# Professional Networking Platform Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-networking-platform-services-ocds-h6vhtk-038509). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Police Authority: "Professional Networking Platform Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Police Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-police-authority-GB-PPON-PVNH-1196-RLWN)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising services, Assessment centre services for recruitment, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038509`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/professional-networking-platform-services-ocds-h6vhtk-038509#tl-md)

## Description
The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland (hereafter referred to as 'the Authority') has released this PIN, the objective of this exercise is to determine the level of interest and capability within the marketplace.
The Authority (Police Scotland) has a requirement for a single supplier to provide an annual, renewable service to their social networking platform for professionals, to allow the Authority to advertise roles, events and projects. Giving the Authority the functionality to directly source candidates and advertise jobs to the network of professionals looking for new opportunities, as well as passive potential candidates.
The Authority requires this service to allow its internal recruitment team access to networks of professionals with skillsets relevant to The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland, allowing direct sourcing of potential candidates, interact/network with professionals, to help with recruitment selection objectives. In additional the Authority require the function to advertise our own jobs, targeting external audiences, such as senior and critical staff vacancy roles, hard to fill niche roles.
This exercise is being carried out in advance of any formal procurement exercise. It is not a pre-qualification or tendering exercise. At this point in time no date for the formal procurement exercise is known.
Any information contained within the PIN is subject to change.
Please note your interest by 12 noon, Friday 25th November 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79341000, 79600000, 79635000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland (hereafter referred to as 'the Authority') has released this PIN, the objective of this exercise is to determine the level of interest and capability within the marketplace.
The Authority (Police Scot...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032554-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-16T16:32:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T03:56:57.135Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038509