Notice Information
Notice Title
Recruitment Agency PSL
Notice Description
Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) wishes to contract for the supply of temporary and permanent employees including Neighbourhood Rangers, Cleaners, Trade and Administration and professional personnel. Throughout PCH's administration and service delivery functions, these employees play an important role, working in diverse areas such as Finance, Digital and IT, Housing with Support, Environmental Services, People and Culture, Repairs and others.
Lot Information
Lot 1.1 - Professional - Finance
This lot covers the provision of recruitment services for finance roles only
Lot 1.2 - Professional - IT & DigitalThis lot covers the provision of recruitment services for IT & Digital roles only
Lot 1.3 - Professional - AllThis lot covers the provision of recruitment services for all professional roles excluding finance or IT & Digital roles
Lot 2 - TradesSkilled operatives and technical roles
Lot 3 - Support FunctionsThis lot covers the supply of administrative, customer facing, operational support roles
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06813b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033382-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jul 20263 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 17 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY HOMES
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PLYMOUTH
- Postcode
- PL6 5DH
- Post Town
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK41 Plymouth
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Plymouth
- Electoral Ward
- Budshead
- Westminster Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033382-2026
13th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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