Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Recruitment Services
Authority: DFT Operator Limited 'DFTO' (Central government)·Consortium: 15 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a single managed service provider (MSP) for a full recruitment solution offering professional, managerial, operational and administrative workers through a wide range of delivery routes, including statements of work (SOW). This Agreement has been procured and placed by the Buyer, DfT Operator Limited, and is available for use by the service recipients listed below:
- London North Eastern Railway Limited
- Northern Trains Limited
- SE Trains Limited
- South Western Railway Limited
- TransPennine Trains Limited
- C2C Railway Limited
- Greater Western Railway Ltd
- Cross country Rail Ltd
- Railway West Coast Ltd
- GA Trains Limited
- Chiltern Rail Ltd
- WM Trains Ltd
- Midlands East Trains Ltd
- Thameslink Southern Great Northern Ltd
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Direct award via CCS framework RM6288 Workforce Solutions.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 17 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024065- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066c3fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract was awarded as a call off from the Crown Commercial Services Workforce Solutions Framework (RM6288) via a compliant direct award.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd | £100,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024065-2026-1 · Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2025
- Value
- £100,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
15 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- C2C Railway LimitedContracting authority
- Chiltern Rail LimitedContracting authority
- Cross Country Rail LtdContracting authority
- GA Trains LimitedContracting authority
- Greater Western Railway LtdContracting authority
- London North Eastern Railway LimitedContracting authority
- Midlands East Trains LimitedContracting authority
- Northern Trains LimitedContracting authority
- Railway West Coast LimitedContracting authority
- SE Trains LimitedContracting authority
- South Western Railway LimitedContracting authority
- Thameslink Southern Great Northern LimitedContracting authority
- TransPennine Trains LimitedContracting authority
- WM Trains LtdContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Alexander Mann Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.