Official UK procurement notice
Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK13)
Awarded value£101,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Aug 2022no call for competition
Awarded to Comensura limited
Re-procurement plannedTemporary agency staff recruitment solution · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following:
- Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Nov 2025, 09:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Nov 2025, 16:49 GMT
- Authority reference
DN628562- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075407- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e3e9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
A competition has been undertaken via a framework so initial notice not necessary.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4 | This VEAT notice is to notify the market of the following: - Contract will be extended inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. Original contract value £70m totalling £101m. This contract was procured in 2021 for Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts. This contract was pro… | This notice is to advise of a proposed contract modification. The Council has made the decision to extend the contract inline with the terms of the contract for the extensions (1+1) and the contract will be varied increasing the value of the contract by £31m. The increase to the value of the contract will rely upon Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original co… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £101,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Aug 2022
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comensura limited | £101,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 075026-2025-DN628562-1 · Comensura limited
- Signed
- 24 Aug 2022
- Value
- £101,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | £70,000,000 – £101,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Comensura limitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.