---
title: "LinkedIn Recruitment Platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0778c9"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "OFSTED"
published: "2026-09-23"
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# LinkedIn Recruitment Platform

Buyer: OFSTED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0778c9

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## Summary

Ofsted procured access to LinkedIn’s recruitment platform for its human resources team. The service supports recruitment by enabling staff to source, identify and engage with potential candidates. It is a recruitment software service, rather than a general software supply, and is intended for Ofsted’s HR recruitment activity. Delivery covers England, across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. The requirement was bought as a single package through the G-Cloud 14 framework. The selected supplier was LinkedIn Unlimited, which provides the platform access.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to LinkedIn Unlimited. Ofsted signed the contract on 23 September 2026; its value is £53,280. The source records the award as active and the contract as active. The procedure was a limited award without a prior call for competition, using the G-Cloud 14 framework. Ofsted’s stated rationale was that intellectual property or exclusive rights meant only a particular supplier could provide the required service and there were no reasonable alternatives. Price was the stated award criterion. One bid was recorded for the requirement, and the contract includes an optional one-year extension. The tender lists the lot as cancelled, but the award and signed contract are recorded as active; the process outcome is therefore an active contract award.

This award shows demand at Ofsted for a specialist recruitment platform that gives HR staff tools to find and engage candidates across the organisation’s English footprint. A credible competitor when this requirement returns would need to demonstrate a platform with comparable candidate-sourcing and engagement functionality, suitable for sustained use by a public-sector HR team. The award was made on price, so clear and competitive pricing would matter alongside the product’s ability to meet the stated recruitment need. Ofsted used the G-Cloud 14 framework and justified selecting a particular supplier on intellectual-property or exclusive-rights grounds, rather than running a competition following a published call. Suppliers seeking to compete in future would therefore need to establish that their platform is a viable alternative and address any relevant rights or exclusivity claims.

## Notice

Access to the LinkedIn Recruitment Platform, which is an essential tool used by the HR team to support recruitment activities, including sourcing, identifying and engaging with potential candidates. This contract was awarded via G-Cloud 14 Framework

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Access to the LinkedIn Recruitment Platform, which is an essential tool used by the HR team to support recruitment activities, including sourcing, identifying and engaging with potential candidates. This contract was awarded via G-Cloud 14 Framework

Options: Optional 1 year extension available

### Procurement Information

Section 41, Schedule 5 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS/EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS Due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090221-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £53,280 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OFSTED |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode area | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 2WD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Piccadilly |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LinkedIn Unlimited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 23 Sep 2026 at 14:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090221-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ofsted.gov.uk

## Provenance

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