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Community Care (childrens social care recruitment ads)

Isle of Wight Council

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14 Sep 2026 at 16:33

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Isle of Wight Council procured specialist advertising services for children’s social care recruitment. The requirement is for publishing job advertisements in a specialist social care publication, supporting the council’s recruitment of staff for children’s services. The service falls within advertising and marketing services. Delivery is associated with the Isle of Wight, with the council based at County Hall in Newport. The procurement covers one requirement rather than a range of separately described services. It is relevant to publishers, recruitment advertising providers and marketing businesses with access to audiences seeking roles in social care, particularly organisations able to promote vacancies for children’s social care employers through specialist channels.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to MA Education & Music Limited. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 and runs from 30 September 2026 to 29 September 2027. Its value is £31,000 excluding VAT and £37,200 including VAT. The contract is active. The award covers the single requirement for children’s social care recruitment advertising and identifies advertising and marketing services as the classification. The published description says the council secured a lower-than-usual price for an annual contract because children’s services had a specific current need.

This procurement demonstrates demand from the Isle of Wight Council for specialist recruitment advertising aimed at children’s social care roles. Suppliers well placed for a future requirement would be specialist publishers, recruitment media businesses or marketing providers able to reach qualified social care candidates and present public-sector vacancies clearly. Credible competitors would need an established social care audience, suitable advertising channels, evidence that campaigns can support hard-to-fill children’s services roles, and the operational capacity to manage an annual advertising arrangement. A strong understanding of social care recruitment communications and the ability to offer focused coverage at a competitive price would be commercially relevant when this requirement is next reviewed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Community Care (childrens social care recruitment ads)

Notice Description

Specialist social care publication for the advertising of jobs. Childrens have a specific need at present are have secured a lower than usual price for an annual contract

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f982
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087031-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without 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
£31,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Sep 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Isle of Wight Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
PO30 1UD
Postcode Area
Portsmouth
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ34 Isle of Wight
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Isle of Wight
Electoral Ward
Newport Central
Westminster Constituency
Isle of Wight West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MA EDUCATION & MUSIC LIMITED

Further Information

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