Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SECAmb - Recruitment Agency PSL

Official notice

Authority: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£4,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 May 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 16 Oct 2029 · starts 17 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SECAmb is seeking to create a Preferred supplier List (PSL) for the recruitment and placement of permanent and temporary personnel. It is anticipated that the tender shall be launched week commencing 12th May 2025. Bidders are invited to a pre-tender presentation via MS Teams to be held on 9th May 2025 at 10am. Please register on SECAmb's e-tendering platform Atamis via the following link atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ and search for project number C342584 to respond to the invite. Historical spend was approx. £4.5m per annum (excluding V.A.T), however SECAmb does not guarantee any levels of commitment

CPV: Recruitment services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 17 Oct 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 17 Oct 2025 – 16 Oct 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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
What this means for your bid
  • “SECAmb - Recruitment Agency PSL” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
22 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
Last source update
22 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
Authority reference
C342584
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016145
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050569 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 Apr 2025 → 17 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
  2. Market engagement
    10 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Presentation will be held via MS Teams at 10am on 9th May 2025.

  3. Tender notice expected
    12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts376 days ago
    17 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
    UK2

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

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PGNR-3396-MRLQ Nexus House, Gatwick Road, Crawley, South East, RH10 9BGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure