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Recruitment Advertising & Related Services

FCDO Services

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19 Oct 2026 at 15:58

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Summary of the contracting process

FCDO Services commissioned recruitment advertising and related services using media channels, including management of its careers website. The requirement is for recruitment services, covering the promotion of vacancies through relevant media and the associated careers-site service. FCDO Services is the buying organisation and is based at Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes. The work is for delivery in the United Kingdom. This is a service requirement rather than a purchase of goods or construction work, and its scope brings together recruitment advertising with related website management. The selected supplier is Penna Plc, whose award relates to the recruitment advertising and related services requirement.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Penna Plc. The contract value is £1,000,000, and the contract was signed on 19 October 2026. The buyer used a further competition under the ESPO 3A_24 Recruitment Advertising framework, with an award procedure without prior publication of a competition notice. The published evaluation criterion for the lot was price. The procurement recorded six bids. The lot description includes recruitment advertising through media channels and careers website management; the arrangement also allows options for up to 12 months. The award is active and the contract is recorded as active. The award covers the single described lot; no separate lot-level award values are stated.

For suppliers assessing this buyer’s future recruitment advertising requirement, the awarded scope indicates a need to combine media-channel recruitment campaigns with careers website management. Credible competitors would need to deliver both elements as a joined-up service, rather than advertising alone. The route used was a further competition through the ESPO 3A_24 Recruitment Advertising framework, so suppliers would need access to that framework route to compete in the same way. Price was the stated award criterion, and six bids were recorded, indicating competition on cost among framework participants. Penna Plc, a large supplier, was selected. The requirement provides evidence of public-sector demand for recruitment promotion and supporting careers-site services from FCDO Services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Recruitment Advertising & Related Services

Notice Description

Recruitment Advertising & Related Services, utilising media channels.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Recruitment Advertising & Related Services, utilising media channels and careers website management.

Options: up to 12 months

Procurement Information

Further competition via Call Off contract from ESPO framework 3A_24 Recruitment Advertising

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078b17
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098629-2026
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

79600000 - Recruitment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FCDO Services
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MILTON KEYNES
Postcode
MK19 7BH
Postcode Area
Milton Keynes
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ12 Milton Keynes
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Milton Keynes
Electoral Ward
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
Westminster Constituency
Milton Keynes North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Penna Plc

Further Information

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