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title: "Executive Recruitment for 2 Service Directors"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e50f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Council of the Borough of Kirklees"
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# Executive Recruitment for 2 Service Directors

Buyer: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e50f

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## Summary

Kirklees Council appointed an executive search partner to recruit two permanent senior leadership roles: Service Director – Property, and Service Director – People, Culture and Traded Services. The appointments are intended to support the council’s corporate priorities, organisational transformation and service improvement. The requirement covers recruitment services for Kirklees, with the council based at the Town Hall in Huddersfield. It was procured through Lot 2 of the YPO Framework for Permanent, Interim and Marketing Recruitment Solutions. This is a services opportunity for executive recruitment firms with the reach and understanding to identify candidates for strategically significant local-government leadership posts, including roles spanning property, people, culture and traded services.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Tile Hill Interim & Executive Limited. Kirklees Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, through the YPO recruitment framework. The contract was signed on 10 August 2026 and runs from 10 August to 31 December 2026. Its value is £30,420 excluding VAT, or £36,504 including VAT. The award covers the recruitment requirement as a single lot. The selected supplier is recorded as an active small and medium-sized enterprise and voluntary, community or social enterprise. The process was evaluated through the framework’s direct-award route rather than an open competition.

For competitors, this procurement demonstrates demand from Kirklees Council for specialist executive search supporting permanent service-director appointments. A credible supplier for a future requirement would need to source and assess senior candidates for strategically important local-government roles, while understanding organisational transformation, service improvement and corporate priorities. Relevant expertise would include executive recruitment across property and estates, people and culture, and traded or commercial council services. Experience of working with a public authority and of delivering searches through a public-sector recruitment framework would be commercially relevant. The appointed supplier’s SME and VCSE status also shows that this type of requirement can be delivered by a specialist rather than only by a large national recruitment business.

## Notice

* Kirklees Council is undertaking recruitment to two permanent Service Director posts: Service Director - Property and Service Director - People, Culture and Traded Services. * Both roles are strategically significant senior leadership appointments and will support delivery of corporate priorities, organisational transformation and service improvement. * The Council wishes to appoint an executive search partner through Lot 2 of the YPO Framework for Permanent, Interim and Marketing Recruitment Solutions (Ref: 1287) Previous related notice (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fff5.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077857-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 10 Aug 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,420 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Council of the Borough of Kirklees |
| Locality | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Postcode area | Huddersfield |
| Postcode | HD1 2TA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
| Electoral ward | Newsome |
| Westminster constituency | Huddersfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 17:02 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077857-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077857-2026
  14th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.kirklees.gov.uk
- http://www.tile-hill.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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