---
title: "Recruitment Advertising & Related Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078b17"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FCDO Services"
published: "2026-10-19"
---

# Recruitment Advertising & Related Services

Buyer: FCDO Services  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078b17

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098629-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 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 | £1,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FCDO Services |
| Locality | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode area | Milton Keynes |
| Postcode | MK19 7BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ12 Milton Keynes |
| Local authority | Milton Keynes |
| Electoral ward | Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope |
| Westminster constituency | Milton Keynes North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Penna Plc |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 15:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098629-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.fcdoservices.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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