Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Essex County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising and marketing services (CPV 79340000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 001746-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The objectives of the procurement are: 1. ECC can call upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising, so that we are ahead of the curve in attracting the best and most suitable talent into our organisation. 2. ECC can call also upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising for our public sector customers (as listed above). 3. To ensure our talent pool population grows significantly, via effective promotion of the platform in the right channels. 4. That the attraction approaches selected by ECC and our customers are underpinned by robust and clear return on investment (ROI) data to inform all future decisions 5. That digital is placed at the forefront of talent attraction. 6. That our methods are innovative, market leading, attention grabbing and future proof. 7. That ECC is positioned in the market with a strong, clear employer value proposition and brand that continues to be articulated through specific attraction (i…
About the supplier
PeopleScout Limited (Trading as TMP Worldwide): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05648039).