Official UK procurement notice
Request for Quote for an Executive Search and Recruitment Assignment Chief Operating Officer
Authority: University of Bath (Education)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK12)
Awarded value£47,500published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 22 Dec 2025
Awarded to Coston Search Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Full Executive Employment Search for a Chief Operating Officer incorporating
- Producing a role profile and recruitment material which would identify the challenges and opportunities facing the University and undertaking advertising and search activity.
•Identifying suitable candidates and producing a diverse field of applicants including but not restricted to a reasonable gender and ethnicity balance.
•Interviewing the long list of candidates (pre-screening) and providing a final shortlist for the University.
•Management and completion of all administration in respect of all rejects and interviewees at each stage of recruitment through to completion.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT
- Authority reference
UoBath/Proc/1425- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000484- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ffaeFind a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 5 Jan 2026- Contract award notice published5 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £47,5001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 71 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coston Search LimitedSME6 Jan 2026 – 8 Jan 2027 | £47,500 inc. VAT | 22 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Coston Search LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender