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Published 29 May 2025, 16:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Temporary and Permanent Staff Recruitment

Official notice

Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 8 yrsends 17 Jul 2034 · starts 18 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CPC will be going out to market for Temporary and Permanent Staff Recruitment, to replace the current framework agreement that expires on 17/07/2026. Details of the current framework can be found at:

www.thecpc.ac.uk/services/frameworks/… ↗

The current framework provision is extensive, with 22 suppliers across 16 Lots. At present, it is not determined how the Lot structure will look in the new framework, nor the number of suppliers that will be appointed. Pre-market engagement will begin at the end of 2025 and this will inform the structure of the framework and the way in which it will operate.

CPV: Recruitment services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 8 yrs from 18 Jul 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSME

Contract period: 18 Jul 2026 – 17 Jul 2034 (8 yrs)

Eligibility: SME eligible

79600000 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

What this means for your bid

“Temporary and Permanent Staff Recruitment” 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: Unspecified in notice
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: 29 May 2025, 16:14 BST
Last source update: 29 May 2025, 16:14 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-028577
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Recruitment services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052921 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

29 May 2025 → 18 Jul 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
29 May 2025, 16:14 BST
Tender notice expected302 days ago
1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts105 days ago
18 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
29 May 2025, 16:14 BST
UK1

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

CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 1130461 · GB-PPON: PZPR-8554-XHNX Procurement House, 23 Leslie Hough Way, Salford, North West, M6 6AJContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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