Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment, Advertisement/ Promotion and Engagement
Authority: North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address our immediate and long-term recruitment needs and help us achieve critical staffing levels across the service.
We require additional capacity and dedicated support to attract applicants to the service and increase applications by advertising the Trust as an employer, key job opportunities available and vacancies, both online and offline.
The appointed provider will work collaboratively with in-house recruitment and communications leads to strengthen NEAS as an employer of choice across a range of workforce groups and career pathways.
We require a strategic partner capable of delivering high-quality recruitment marketing campaigns, compelling workforce storytelling, creative campaign assets, advertising support, and associated communications materials to support attraction, recruitment and retention objectives.
We are looking for this work to be delivered between July 2026 – March 2027 with options to extend if budget approved.
CPV: Advertising campaign services · Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£33,600
- Condition of participation
Recruitment campaigns will target audiences:
Geographically:
- Regionally: From Berwick to Cumbria borders and down to Redcar we are looking to reach a broad range of potential candidates across a range of job roles and disciplines with volume recruitment for specific roles such as health advisor, senior clinical advisor, specialist practitioner, ambulance care assistants, integrated care assistants and other adhoc hard to recruit roles across the service.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: Scoring: 60% Quality 30% Finance 10% Social Value
- Condition of participation
Recruitment campaigns will target audiences:
Geographically:
- Regionally: From Berwick to Cumbria borders and down to Redcar we are looking to reach a broad range of potential candidates across a range of job roles and disciplines with volume recruitment for specific roles such as health advisor, senior clinical advisor, specialist practitioner, ambulance care assistants, integrated care assistants and other adhoc hard to recruit roles across the service.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Authority reference
C448561- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050490- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a810Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- E11000007
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
All bidders are required to submit their tender responses electronically via the Health Family Atamis e-Tendering Portal atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home ↗
Timeline
28 May 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published152 days ago28 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Clarification questions by151 days ago29 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline139 days ago10 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 May 2026, 16:20 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender