Notice Information
Notice Title
3A-B_25 Self-Service Recruitment Advertising and Related Services
Notice Description
Please note, this is a Pipeline notice only for ESPO contracts that are forecast to be re-procured or new procurement projects that are expected to be undertaken. The details captured are therefore only provided as an estimate, and no further information other than as captured can be provided at this time. For all current ESPO opportunities, please visit https://www.eastmidstenders.org/. This Pipeline notice is being published to alert the supplier market that ESPO intends to retender Lot 1b of ESPO framework 3A_24 Advertising Solutions (Lot 1b - Self Service Recruitment Advertising and Related Services), which will be captured as a standalone framework and is estimated to begin in December 2025. This follows on from the award of framework 3A_24 (where Lot 1b was not awarded), the award details for which may be viewed as follows: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005912-2025 https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e0f85bb4-6461-4b67-9dc9-ec9f2701a9af For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform, this can be found as follows: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers Or otherwise, please refer to the ESPO Website as follows: https://www.espo.org/the-procurement-act-2023
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0511fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020841-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
22462000 - Advertising material
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO
- Contact Name
- Corporate Solutions Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- tenders@espo.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE19 1ES
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Blaby
- Electoral Ward
- Enderby
- Westminster Constituency
- South Leicestershire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020841-2025
13th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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