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What’s happening with the CCS Supply Teachers Framework?
As of today’s date, the RM6376 – CCS Supply Teacher and Education Recruitment Framework pipeline notice on the UK Find a Tender Service still shows the publication date as 15th October 2025 for the tender documents……but will it be postponed? Why do I ask this question? The recruitment rumour mill is going ten to the…
ESPO Strategic HR and Recruitment Services Framework Summary
Critical Timescales At this stage of the bid you need to pay particular attention to the deadlines for asking clarification questions and submission: Publication of tender notice – 13th October 2025. Deadline for submission of clarification questions – 5pm, 24th October 2025. Deadline for submission of the bid – 12pm, 24th November 2025. Framework award…
CCS Supply Teachers Framework – To Bid or Not to Bid?
QUITE A FEW CHANGES SINCE THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN – Why not keep up with our latest insights on this updats on the CCS Education Framework: https://www.bruntonbidwriting.co.uk/ccs-teachers-update/ The hot topic of conversation for recruiters specialising in the education sector at the moment is the upcoming CCS Supply Teachers framework. There’s also a lot of marketing…
Summary – Workforce Alliance RM6380 Health Workforce Solutions Framework
GENERAL Critical Timescales Contract noticed published – 8th August 2025 Deadline for receipt of clarification questions – 3pm, 3rd September 2025. Deadline for clarification responses – 12th September 2025. Deadline for submission of the bid – 3pm, 22nd September 2025. Intention to award letters published to all bidders – 12th January 2026. Framework award –…
YPO LGRP Framework Summary
Critical Timescales Deadline for clarification questions – 12 noon, 14th August 2025. Deadline for submission of the tender – 12 noon, 1st September 2025. Notification of award decision & commencement of standstill period – 3rd October 2025. Period of framework- 9th November 2025 to 10th November 2027 with option to extend for a further 24…
Upcoming Public Sector Recruitment Frameworks 2025 & Beyond…
It’s a tough market out there, and whilst being on a recruitment Framework may not guarantee you business right now, these things are cyclical and its probably better to have a place on the main Frameworks in your sector (even if they are quiet at the moment) than not… That said, making sensible “bid/no bid”…
Overview of the HSCNI Medical & Dental Agency Workers Framework
This tender covers supply of medical and dental agency workers to cover ad hoc/short term assignments in Northern Ireland for: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Northern Health and Social Care Trust South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Southern Health and Social Care Trust Western Health and Social Care Trust Contract duration – 24…
All Change for the CCS Permanent Recruitment 2 Framework
The current CCS PR2 Framework (RM6229) expires on 28th March 2026 and up until a couple of months ago, we all assumed that there would be a PR3 in due course…..but this is not to be. What's replacing PR2? Existing suppliers on the CCS Permanent Recruitment 2 Framework received notification from the Crown Commercial Service…
NHS Wales Agency Nurses Tender Overview
Tender: The supply of Agency Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Healthcare Assistants and Operating Department Practitioners. Critical Timescales Deadline for submission – 2pm, 15th January 2025. Contract dates – 1st March 2025 – 28th February 2028 (with option to extend for a further 12 months) Registration & Accessing the Documents To access the documents, you must…
SUPC Recruitment Services Tender Overview
Critical Timescales We are awaiting clarification of timescales for some key elements of the tender from SUPC. This section will be updated once these have been received. Publication of Contract Notice – 18.11.24 Deadline for sending clarification questions to SUPC for SQ – awaiting timeframe from SUPC Submission of Stage 1 – SQ – 06.01.25…
Is NHS Framework Compliance a Never Ending Story?
The pre-award audits for HealthTrust Europe TWSIII are finally over and now it’s all about implementing the new contract to turn all that hard work into some well-earned business. Naturally focus is now on building relationships with Participating Authorities to achieve direct supply agreements and win mini competitions. But all that said, don’t take your…
New Framework? Implement Your Way To Profit!
Congratulations – you’ve just won a place on a new public sector framework…..what do you need to do next to turn this business win into £££…..but how? There are a number of areas that you need to think about in order to prepare your business and staff to start supplying under the framework and achieve…
