Official UK procurement notice
NEPRO Total Talent · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Association of North East Councils Limited (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNEPO is considering the establishment of NEPRO Total Talent, a solution designed to provide public sector organisations with a compliant and flexible route for accessing and managing a broad range of workforce and talent requirements.
The proposed solution is intended to support requirements both inside and outside IR35 and may encompass contingent labour, consultancy services, Statements of Work (SoW), project-based delivery, specialist professional resources and other workforce-related services.
It is envisaged that the solution will provide a single, integrated approach to workforce engagement through the appointment of a specialist supply partner. The appointed provider would be expected to deliver workforce triage, market navigation and associated management services, enabling contracting authorities to identify and access the most appropriate delivery model for their specific requirements.
The solution is expected to provide contracting authorities with improved visibility, governance and control across workforce engagement activities, whilst supporting access to a diverse range of talent, resource and service delivery models through a compliant and efficient commercial route.
NEPRO Total Talent is intended to compliment the rest of the NEPRO suite of solutions providing public sector organisations with access to the most appropriate commercial models, market and expertise to meet their requirements.
The precise scope, structure and delivery model of the solution remain subject to ongoing development and will be informed through the preliminary market engagement process.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Recruitment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “NEPRO Total Talent” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How The Association of North East Councils Limited buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
The market side is the UK-wide market, including every region. The notice also lists overseas delivery. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 118 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid16% / 7%
2–343% / 24%
4–619% / 18%
7+22% / 51%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 79Published estimate£25bn
The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 79. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area. The bar shows 1,155 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–315%
4–622%
7+60%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 16:28 BST
- Authority reference
NEPO538- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087472- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa4dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
15 Sept 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published41 days ago15 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide advance notice to the marketplace of a future opportunity and NEPO's intention to undertake preliminary market engagement with suppliers to help shape a new NEPRO Total Talent solution.
NEPO is seeking input from organisations with experience in the provision of integrated workforce, talent management, recruitment, contingent labour, Statement of Work (SoW), consultancy and related workforce solutions. The purpose of this engagement is to better understand current market capabilities, emerging trends, delivery models, technology solutions and innovative approaches that could support public sector organisations in managing a broad range of workforce and talent requirements.
Suppliers wishing to participate in the market engagement process must first register on the Open e-Tendering system using the following link where registration will be open from Tuesday 15 September - Tuesday 6 October (www.open-uk.org ↗)
Further details regarding the engagement process, including registration for market engagement sessions, will be made available via the Open e-Tendering system.
Market engagement sessions are expected to take place between 26 October 2026 and 30 October 2026. Sessions will be limited in number and will last no longer than 90 minutes.
NEPO intends to conduct these sessions in person at its office in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The date, time and location of each session will be confirmed following the registration period. Places may be limited and NEPO reserves the right to manage attendance to ensure a broad representation of the marketplace.
Participation in the preliminary market engagement process is entirely voluntary and will not form part of any future procurement evaluation process. Suppliers participating in the engagement activities will not receive any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
NEPO reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the market engagement exercise at any time and does not commit to undertaking any subsequent procurement as a result of this notice.
Information gathered during the preliminary market engagement process will be used solely to inform NEPO's understanding of the marketplace and assist in the development of a potential future procurement strategy and solution design.
- Tender notice expectedin 24 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 308 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2026, 14:55 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2026, 16:26 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2026, 16:28 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender