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Weston College Recruitment Agency Framework

Weston College

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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24 Sep 2026 at 12:53

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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03 Jun 2026 at 16:04

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Tender

03 Jun 2026 at 15:51

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Weston College Group is buying recruitment agency services through a framework to meet short- and medium-term staffing needs. The work covers recruitment for specialist roles, general administration and back-office support across the College Group. Appointed agencies provide a pool of recruitment suppliers that the College can draw on when needs arise. The service is intended to provide timely, cost-effective recruitment and support candidate quality, compliance and safeguarding. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. This is relevant to recruitment firms able to source candidates across varied role types, including education-sector or comparable environments, and to work with a public-sector college group. The framework is managed by Weston College in Weston-super-Mare.

The procurement is complete and the framework has been awarded following an open procedure. Six suppliers were appointed: Dovetail and Slate Limited, TR2 Recruitment Ltd, Eight Corp Ltd, WeDoData (Bristol) Ltd, Blue Arrow Ltd and the Association of Colleges. Each award is recorded at £500,000 gross. The award date was 14 August 2026; the awarded contract period runs from 6 October 2026 to 31 August 2029, with an extension option to 31 August 2030. The framework uses reopened competition for call-offs. Evaluation covered service-specific detail (20%) and financial offer (20%), with innovation and added value, account management, people and mobilisation, added and social value, business continuity and disaster planning, and presentation each weighted at 10%.

For recruitment suppliers, this award demonstrates demand from Weston College Group for a multi-supplier agency framework spanning specialist, administrative and back-office recruitment. Six agencies were selected from 28 bids, including 19 small and medium-sized businesses among the 22 bids at the final stage, so credible competition is not limited to large national firms. Suppliers will need a strong recruitment track record in education or a comparable setting, responsive and proactive account management, and the ability to mobilise suitable candidates while maintaining high standards of safeguarding, compliance and candidate quality. The buyer also assessed service-specific delivery, innovation, social value, business continuity and disaster planning, financial offer and supplier presentations. Small and medium-sized businesses were considered suitable for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Weston College Recruitment Agency Framework

Notice Description

Weston College Group is establishing an Agency Framework Agreement to support its short- and medium-term recruitment needs across a range of roles. This framework will enable Weston College Group to access a pool of pre-approved, high-quality suppliers who can provide timely and cost-effective recruitment solutions.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The initial period of the contract will be 3 years + 1 year, to be reviewed annually.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06acbd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090544-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

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
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
8 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 Aug 20261 months ago
Contract Period
6 Oct 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Weston College
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Postcode
BS23 2AL
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK61 North Somerset
Delivery Location
TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Local Authority
North Somerset
Electoral Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Westminster Constituency
Weston-super-Mare

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
6
Supplier Names

DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED

TR2 Recruitment

EIGHT CORP LTD

WEDODATA (BRISTOL) LTD

Blue Arrow

Association of Colleges

Further Information

Notice Documents

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