Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 9 Jan 2026, 11:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

E007PC HR Recruitment Advertising

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£200,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to PeopleScout Limited (trading as TMP Worldwide)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The objectives of the procurement are:

  1. ECC can call upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising, so that we are ahead of the curve in attracting the best and most suitable talent into our organisation.
  2. ECC can call also upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising for our public sector customers (as listed above).
  3. To ensure our talent pool population grows significantly, via effective promotion of the platform in the right channels.
  4. That the attraction approaches selected by ECC and our customers are underpinned by robust and clear return on investment (ROI) data to inform all future decisions
  5. That digital is placed at the forefront of talent attraction.
  6. That our methods are innovative, market leading, attention grabbing and future proof.
  7. That ECC is positioned in the market with a strong, clear employer value proposition and brand that continues to be articulated through specific attraction (individual and campaigns).
  8. That our EVP has evolved constantly, to remain fresh and exciting.
  9. That our brand not only represent ECC but can be re-purposed to represent specific areas of the business such as Social Care, ensuring they are able to maintain their individual identity, whilst still clearly being part of the Essex brand family.
  10. That ECC is informed and ready for future workforce trends and able to deliver strategic workforce planning underpinned by considered, informed and pro-active attraction techniques.
  11. To ensure that recruitment advertising activities reach the target audience and generate suitable candidates for recruitment exercises.
  12. That ECC can attract talent effectively and quickly to our known hard to fill areas, to underpin robust strategic workforce planning.
  13. That all services are available to ECC and any customer we represent.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK

Procedure 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
9 Jan 2026, 11:03 GMT
Last source update
9 Jan 2026, 11:03 GMT
Authority reference
DN796394
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001746
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060289 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Call-off under Lot 1 of the Eastern Shires Procurement Organisation's Advertising Solutions Framework 3a_24.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PeopleScout Limited (trading as TMP Worldwide)£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, UK, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.