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E007PC HR Recruitment Advertising

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

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Award

09 Jan 2026 at 11:03

Summary of the contracting process

Essex County Council has completed the procurement process for the contract titled "E007PC HR Recruitment Advertising," focusing on advertising and marketing services in the United Kingdom. This procurement process falls under a service category and was executed without a prior publication of a call for competition, as a call-off under Lot 1 of the Eastern Shires Procurement Organisation's Advertising Solutions Framework. The contract, valued at £200,000, was signed on 19th December 2025, with PeopleScout Limited (Trading as TMP Worldwide) being the awarded supplier. The objective is to fortify recruitment advertising capabilities, particularly in hard-to-fill sectors, ensuring innovation and robust return on investment data supports strategic decisions.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses involved in digital advertising and recruitment services, particularly those excelling in innovative marketing strategies and capable of providing expert advice to public sector entities. Companies specialising in strategic workforce planning and talent attraction can leverage this contract to offer their services, as the procurement emphasizes digital innovation and market-leading recruitment strategies. Large-scale enterprises like PeopleScout Limited that can offer comprehensive advertising services across various channels would be optimally suited to compete in such processes, ensuring a strong presence in the recruitment landscape aligned with emerging trends.

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Notice Title

E007PC HR Recruitment Advertising

Notice Description

The objectives of the procurement are: 1. ECC can call upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising, so that we are ahead of the curve in attracting the best and most suitable talent into our organisation. 2. ECC can call also upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising for our public sector customers (as listed above). 3. To ensure our talent pool population grows significantly, via effective promotion of the platform in the right channels. 4. That the attraction approaches selected by ECC and our customers are underpinned by robust and clear return on investment (ROI) data to inform all future decisions 5. That digital is placed at the forefront of talent attraction. 6. That our methods are innovative, market leading, attention grabbing and future proof. 7. That ECC is positioned in the market with a strong, clear employer value proposition and brand that continues to be articulated through specific attraction (individual and campaigns). 8. That our EVP has evolved constantly, to remain fresh and exciting. 9. That our brand not only represent ECC but can be re-purposed to represent specific areas of the business such as Social Care, ensuring they are able to maintain their individual identity, whilst still clearly being part of the Essex brand family. 10. That ECC is informed and ready for future workforce trends and able to deliver strategic workforce planning underpinned by considered, informed and pro-active attraction techniques. 11. To ensure that recruitment advertising activities reach the target audience and generate suitable candidates for recruitment exercises. 12. That ECC can attract talent effectively and quickly to our known hard to fill areas, to underpin robust strategic workforce planning. 13. That all services are available to ECC and any customer we represent.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The objectives of the procurement are: 1. ECC can call upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising, so that we are ahead of the curve in attracting the best and most suitable talent into our organisation. 2. ECC can call also upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising for our public sector customers (as listed above). 3. To ensure our talent pool population grows significantly, via effective promotion of the platform in the right channels. 4. That the attraction approaches selected by ECC and our customers are underpinned by robust and clear return on investment (ROI) data to inform all future decisions 5. That digital is placed at the forefront of talent attraction. 6. That our methods are innovative, market leading, attention grabbing and future proof. 7. That ECC is positioned in the market with a strong, clear employer value proposition and brand that continues to be articulated through specific attraction (individual and campaigns). 8. That our EVP has evolved constantly, to remain fresh and exciting. 9. That our brand not only represent ECC but can be re-purposed to represent specific areas of the business such as Social Care, ensuring they are able to maintain their individual identity, whilst still clearly being part of the Essex brand family. 10. That ECC is informed and ready for future workforce trends and able to deliver strategic workforce planning underpinned by considered, informed and pro-active attraction techniques. 11. To ensure that recruitment advertising activities reach the target audience and generate suitable candidates for recruitment exercises. 12. That ECC can attract talent effectively and quickly to our known hard to fill areas, to underpin robust strategic workforce planning. 13. That all services are available to ECC and any customer we represent.

Procurement Information

Call-off under Lot 1 of the Eastern Shires Procurement Organisation's Advertising Solutions Framework 3a_24.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-060289
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001746-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

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
9 Jan 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Dec 20252 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Mr Andrew Beaver
Contact Email
andrew.beaver@essex.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 333

Buyer Location

Locality
CHELMSFORD
Postcode
CM1 1QH
Post Town
Chelmsford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH36 Heart of Essex
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Chelmsford
Electoral Ward
Moulsham and Central
Westminster Constituency
Chelmsford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PEOPLESCOUT LIMITED (TRADING AS TMP WORLDWIDE

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