Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- APUC Limited · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Anderson Quigley SME, Creegan Talent SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited, Perrett Laver Limited SME, Recruitment Direct UK Ltd SME, Aspen People ltd SME, Eden Scott SME, Livingston James Ltd SME, Veredus Executive Limited SME, Orion Engineering Services Ltd SME, Practicus SME +5 more
- Value
- £12,000,000 across 6 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 102184-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Aug 2026
- Published28 Oct 2026Published 65 days after the contract date
Description
This lot is for recruitment related services to support the recruitment activities of the institutions. Services available under Lot 1 include: Succession planning Board reviews Salary and remuneration benchmarking Skills audit Candidate market scoping Panel training Unconscious bias training Access to Recruitment Technology. The pricing for this would be on an hourly, half day and day rate basis however fixed fees may be agreed on call off for a prescribed piece of work before this work is conducted. The Authority appointed a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 Contractors to service this lot. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Recruitment related services | Anderson Quigley SME, Creegan Talent SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited, Perrett Laver Limited SME +1 more | £2m |
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Executive Search – North | Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME, Eden Scott SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Livingston James Ltd SME +1 more | £2m |
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Executive Search - South | Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Orion Engineering Services Ltd SME, Practicus SME +1 more | £2m |
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Senior Specialist Search – North | Aspen People ltd SME, Corus Consultancy SME, Eden Scott SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited +1 more | £2m |
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Senior Specialist Search – South | Aspen People ltd SME, Corus Consultancy SME, Exemplia Group Ltd SME, Morgan Jones SME, Orion Engineering Services Ltd SME +1 more | £2m |
| Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Chairs of Court and members of governing committees and boards | Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME, Perrett Laver Limited SME, Saxton Bampfylde SME, Veredus Executive Limited SME | £2m |
About the suppliers
Anderson Quigley: every public contract they have won.
Creegan Talent: every public contract they have won.
Exemplia Group Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00975677).
Perrett Laver Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04337808).
Recruitment Direct UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC301107).
Aspen People ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC413050).
Eden Scott: every public contract they have won.
Livingston James Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Veredus Executive Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 15790602).
Orion Engineering Services Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Practicus: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05048716).
Corus Consultancy: every public contract they have won.
Morgan Hunt UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04349535).
Morgan Jones: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04381807).
Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01644241).
Saxton Bampfylde: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02018211).