Notice Information
Notice Title
Recruitment Assessment Centres
Notice Description
East Ayrshire Council is seeking to set up a Contract with a single Service Provider who will, as part of the process to recruit Chief Officers and Senior Managers, run Assessment Centres to aid in the selection of the best candidate for the post.
Lot Information
Lot 1
East Ayrshire Council is seeking to set up a Contract with a single Service Provider who will, as part of the process to recruit Chief Officers and Senior Managers, run Assessment Centres to aid in the selection of the best candidate for the post.
Renewal: Option to extend for a further two separate one year periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04eefc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035762-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
79635000 - Assessment centre services for recruitment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 24 months, 36 months or 48 months depending on extension options utilised.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- maxine.baird@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1563576000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KILMARNOCK
- Postcode
- KA3 7BU
- Post Town
- Kilmarnock
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
-
- Local Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Electoral Ward
- Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Westminster Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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