---
title: "Community Care (childrens social care recruitment ads)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f982"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Isle of Wight Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Community Care (childrens social care recruitment ads)

Buyer: Isle of Wight Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f982

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087031-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £31,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Isle of Wight Council |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Postcode area | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO30 1UD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |
| Local authority | Isle of Wight |
| Electoral ward | Newport Central |
| Westminster constituency | Isle of Wight West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MA EDUCATION & MUSIC LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 16:33 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087031-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087031-2026
  14th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.markallengroup.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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