Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought16 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement sought to appoint a number of experienced recruitment partners to a framework agreement in the following areas:
Lot 1 - Admin/Clerical
Lot 2 - Corporate & Professional
- Lot 2a - HR
- Lot 2b - Finance & Procurement
- Lot 2c - Estates & Facilities
- Lot 2d - Marketing & Communications
Lot 3 - IT
- Lot 3a - Temporary, Permanent & Fixed Term Positions
- Lot 3b - Contractor and as a service roles
Lot 4 - Academic
Lot 5 - Programme Management Office & Strategic Change
Lot 6 - Executive Search
- Recurrence: Tenders for a superseding arrangement will likely be invited 6 months before the expiry of this agreement.
CPV: Recruitment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 11 bids on the busiest of 10 lots · 14 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (16)Procurement structure
16 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Admin/ClericalRenewal
This lot is designed to cover office-based support staff and clerical style support roles such as librarians, data entry, invigilation staff, and summer admissions vacancies. Examples of types of role are listed below, please note this is not exhaustive:
- Team administrator
- Admin officer or assistant
- Receptionist
- PA
- Secretary
- Business support manager
- Data entry clerk
- Filing clerk
- Call handler
- Call centre/customer service operative/advisor
- Executive assistant
- Administration manager
- Librarian staff
- Invigilation staff
Lot #2Corporate & ProfessionalRenewal
This lot is sub-divided into the following categories:
Lot 2a - HR
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more senior/specialist staff across HR. Examples of types of role are listed below, please note this is not exhaustive:
- People Advisor
- People Business Partner
- Talent Acquisition
- Learning and development Manager
- Organisational Development Business Partners
Lot 2b - Finance and Procurement
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of specialist staff across the Finance and Procurement functions. Examples of types of role are listed below, please note this is not exhaustive:
- Procurement/purchasing officer
- Procurement/purchasing manager
- Category manager
- Accountant
- Payroll manager
- Finance Business Partner
Lot 2c - Estates and Facilities
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more specialist staff across the Estates and Facilities functions. Example roles include but are not limited to:
- Project manager
- Programme manager
- Estates manager
- Compliance Manager
- Facilities manager
- Surveyor
- Domestic assistant/cleaner
- Porter
Lot 2d - Marketing and Communications
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more senior/specialist staff within Marketing and Communications. Example roles include but are not limited to:
- Marketing manager
- Communications manager
- Social media specialist
- Digital media specialist
- Content manager
Lot #3ITRenewal
This lot is sub-divided into:
Lot 3a - temporary and permanent roles
Lot 3b - contractor and as a service roles
This lot covers the full range of IT, Cyber, data, digital, cloud and technical roles. It covers the full scope from IT helpdesk staff, right through to senior IT managers. Example areas for roles include but are not limited to:
- Infrastructure Service Desk
- Network
- Media Services
- Business Analysis
- Project Management
- Cyber-Security
Lot #4AcademicRenewal
This lot will provide roles for a wide range of academic, teaching and ancillary staff across the full range of academic departments within the University.
It is expected that most roles in this lot will be for temporary, fixed term or permanent staff.
Lot #5Programme Management Office & Strategic ChangeRenewal
This lot will provide roles in programme, project and change management for university wide projects.
It is expected that assignments in this lot could fall within any of the role categories.
Lot #6Executive SearchRenewal
This lot seeks to appoint established executive search organisations to fill its most senior roles. These positions will be for heads of department, Directors, Deans and Executive roles.
It is expected that these roles will be secured on a retainer basis and will, in most cases, be fixed term or permanent recruitments. There may also be the need for interim positions where longer term recruitments are anticipated.
Lot #7Admin and ClericalCancelled
This lot is designed to cover office-based support staff and clerical style support roles such as librarians, data entry, invigilation staff and summer admissions vacancies.
Lot #8HRCancelled
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more senior/specialist staff across HR.
Lot #9Finance and ProcurementCancelled
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of specialist staff across the Finance and Procurement functions.
Lot #10Estates and FacilitiesCancelled
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more specialist staff across the Estates and Facilities functions.
Lot #11Marketing and CommunicationsCancelled
This lot is designed to cover a wide range of more senior/specialist staff within Marketing and Communications.
Lot #12IT Temporary, Permanent and Fixed Term RolesCancelled
This lot covers the full range of IT, cyber, data, digital, cloud and technical roles - temporary, permanent and fixed term positions.
Lot #13IT Contractor and as a Service RolesCancelled
This lot covers the full range of IT roles, on a contractor/interim or as a service consultancy basis.
Lot #14AcademicCancelled
This lot will provide roles for a wide range of academic, teaching and ancillary staff across the full range of academic departments within the University.
Lot #15Programme Management Office and Strategic ChangeCancelled
This lot will provide roles in programme, project and change management for University wide projects.
Lot #16Executive SearchCancelled
This lot will provide for the most senior roles within the organisation, including Executive roles, Directors, Deans, Heads of Departments and non-executive lay members.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- price: 40
- Price carries 80 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Recruitment Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Tenders for a superseding arrangement will likely be invited 6 months before the expiry of this agreement.
- First published
- 3 Jul 2024, 18:50 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 12:01 BST
- Authority reference
PFB055LTU- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051906- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047a6bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 2 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
2 Aug 2024 → 28 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected6 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published28 Aug 2025, 12:01 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025- Status changed to complete28 Aug 2025, 12:01 BST
- Buyer details updated28 Aug 2025, 12:01 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 10 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,600,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Admin and Clerical
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Executive Search
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
HR
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Finance and Procurement
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Estates and Facilities
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Marketing and Communications
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
IT Temporary, Permanent and Fixed Term
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
IT Contractor and as a Service
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Academic
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Programme Management Office and Strategic Change
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 · Admin and Clerical | 9bids · 9 electronic | — | — | — |
| 8 · HR | 7bids · 7 electronic | — | — | — |
| 9 · Finance and Procurement | 8bids · 8 electronic | — | — | — |
| 10 · Estates and Facilities | 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
| 11 · Marketing and Communications | 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
| 12 · IT Temporary, Permanent and Fixed Term Roles | 8bids · 8 electronic | — | — | — |
| 13 · IT Contractor and as a Service Roles | 9bids · 9 electronic | — | — | — |
| 14 · Academic | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 15 · Programme Management Office and Strategic Change | 11bids · 11 electronic | — | — | — |
| 16 · Executive Search | 9bids · 9 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
14 commercial parties on the notice- Blue Arrow LtdFramework contractor
- Certes IT Service Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- Hays Specialist Recruitment LimitedFramework contractor
- LA International Computer Consultants LimitedFramework contractor
- Meridian Business Support LtdFramework contractor
- Michael Page International Recruitment LtdFramework contractor
- Perdiot Partners LimitedFramework contractor
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership LtdFramework contractor
- Practicus LimitedFramework contractor
- Reed Specialist RecruitmentFramework contractor
Show 4 more suppliers
- Search Consultancy LtdFramework contractor
- Sellick Partnership LimitedFramework contractor
- Tate Recruitment LimitedFramework contractor
- Veredus Executive LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria