Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment Services (GMPF) · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSTAR Procurement, acting on behalf of Tameside MBC, acting in its capacity as administering authority for Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), host authority for Northern Local Government Pension Scheme (NLGPS), is inviting Tenders for the provision of Recruitment Services described in the Specification (Document 2), with two (2) lots:
Lot A - Recruitment of Non-executive Directors (NEDs), and/or
Lot B - Recruitment of Executive Directors (EDs).
The aim is to select headhunters that will put forward high-calibre candidates for the LGPS Pool company that GMPF is setting up on behalf of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire.
CPV: Recruitment services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£800,000 together) · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Non-executive DirectorsRenewalPublished value£280,000
Recruitment of Non-executive Directors (permanent and/or interim)
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Insurance
Data Protection
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability
Experience of Subcontractor Management
Organisational Standards
Payment Terms
Net Zero/ Carbon Reduction
Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Responsible Procurement
Lot #2Executive DirectorsRenewalPublished value£520,000
Recruitment of Executive Directors (permanent and/or interim)
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Insurance
Data Protection
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability
Experience of Subcontractor Management
Organisational Standards
Payment Terms
Net Zero/ Carbon Reduction
Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Responsible Procurement
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 2 questions
- Price: Rates
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Capacity
Insurance
Data Protection
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability
Experience of Subcontractor Management
Organisational Standards
Payment Terms
Net Zero/ Carbon Reduction
Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
Responsible Procurement
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 6 Oct 2025, 15:47 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2025, 15:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
14919 A/B - DN792867- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062599- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a8efFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Oct 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published389 days ago6 Oct 2025, 15:47 BST
- Submission deadline359 days ago5 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by343 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts303 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Oct 2025, 15:47 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 1 Instructions (this document) 2 Specification Bidder's Tender Documents: 3A Procurement-specific Questionnaire (PSQ) 3B Quality Questionnaire 4 Commercials 5 Form of Tender/ Non-collusion Certificate 6 Terms and Conditions of Contract
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender