---
title: "Engineer Recruitment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077443"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Lancaster City Council"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# Engineer Recruitment

Buyer: Lancaster City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077443

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## Summary

Lancaster City Council procured specialist engineering recruitment services to provide interim engineering capacity. The requirement concerns supplying personnel, including temporary staff, rather than construction works or a defined infrastructure project. Waterman Aspen Limited is the selected supplier. The buying organisation is Lancaster City Council, a sub-central public authority, and the service is for the council’s engineering function in Lancaster. Businesses relevant to this requirement include engineering recruitment firms, technical staffing providers and engineering consultancies able to place suitably experienced engineers into interim public-sector roles. The opportunity is focused on supplying an individual specialist engineer and associated interim capacity for the council’s operational needs.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a below-threshold limited competition. It comprised one completed lot. Waterman Aspen Limited was awarded the contract, which was signed on 2 September 2026. The contract runs from 21 September 2026 to 31 March 2028. Its value is £100,360 excluding VAT and £120,432 including VAT. The award is active. The published evaluation basis is the council’s limited competition process; detailed award criteria are not included in the available procurement information. The requirement was treated as a services contract and classified as the supply of personnel, including temporary staff. The selected supplier is Waterman Aspen Limited.

This procurement demonstrates a council requirement for specialist engineering personnel and interim engineering capacity, giving relevant suppliers a clear indication of the type of public-sector staffing need to prepare for. Competitors would need an established ability to identify, vet and place specialist engineers, manage temporary or interim assignments, and provide reliable capacity for a local authority engineering function. Experience supplying engineering professionals into public-sector or similarly regulated environments would help demonstrate credibility, particularly where the buyer needs a named individual to provide sustained support. Providers should also be able to manage the practical employment, engagement and account-management arrangements that accompany temporary personnel supply, while maintaining continuity throughout a substantial interim assignment.

## Notice

Recruitment of specialist Engineer

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088152-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £100,360 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lancaster City Council |
| Locality | LANCASTER |
| Postcode area | Lancaster |
| Postcode | LA1 1PJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre |
| Local authority | Lancaster |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Lancaster and Wyre |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Waterman Aspen |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 12:11 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088152-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088152-2026
  17th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://watermanaspen.co.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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