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Published 8 Mar 2024, 13:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Recruitment Partner · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Published estimate£5,000,000≈ £1.0m / year
Submissions closed 26 Apr 2024awarded 14 Feb 2025
Awarded to Opus People Solutions
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 May 2029 · starts 1 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk Council ("ESC", "the Council") is looking for a Strategic Recruitment Partner to work with the Authority as a Master Vendor Provider providing strategic and operational support in the appointment of both permanent and temporary roles across a variety of services and levels to proactively meet the authority’s staffing needs.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£5,000,000
Contract period: 1 Jun 2024 – 31 May 2029 (5 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79600000 Recruitment services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents.: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents.: 50
  • Price: 50
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    East Suffolk Council ("ESC", "the Council") is looking for a Strategic Recruitment Partner to work with the Authority as a Master Vendor Provider providing strategic and operational support in the appointment of both permanent and temporary roles across a variety of services and levels to proactively meet the authority’s staffing needs, as described within the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Mar 2024, 13:50 GMT
Last source update
20 Feb 2025, 12:10 GMT
Award evaluation window
12 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
2024/S 000-007526
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-006150
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityRecruitment services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0446dd Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In line with Public Regulation 2015.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST

Timeline

12 Apr 2024 → 20 Feb 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    12 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    20 Feb 2025, 12:10 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 12 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Apr 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
    3 Apr 2024, 09:39 BST
    +14 days · was 12 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    14 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
Published amendments (20 · 14 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—TextTotal value of contract. · V.2.4777245.375000000.00
—TextTotal Value of Procurement · II.1.7777.245.375000000.00
—TextTotal value of contract. · V.2.4777245.375000000.00
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—TextTotal value of contract. · V.2.4777245.375000000.00
—TextTotal Value of Procurement · II.1.7777.245.375000000.00
—TextTotal value of contract. · V.2.4777245.375000000.00
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d
—DeadlineIV.2.212 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+14 d

20 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (12)
  • 2025-02: 6 releases · 14 Feb 2025, 14 Feb 2025
  • 2024-04: 2 releases · 3 Apr 2024, 3 Apr 2024
  • 2024-03: 1 release · 8 Mar 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £777,2451 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 157 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Opus People Solutions£777,245 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 005205-2025-2233-PPT-O-1 · Opus People Solutions

    Signed
    14 Feb 2025
    Value
    £777,245
    Period
    … – 31 May 2029
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
15bids · 15 electronic7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Riverside, 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, East of England, NR33 0EQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • East Suffolk Council Procurement Team.Review body LowestoftContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria