Recruitment Services Tender – Oxford City Council

Recruitment Services Tender – Oxford City Council

Reference:  OCC000963

Description:  Oxford City Council is undertaking a procurement exercise to appoint up to 21 suitably qualified and experienced recruitment agencies to support the hiring of temporary, interim, and permanent staff across a wide range of service areas. The aim is to establish a robust and compliant supply chain that delivers high-quality candidates, ensures value for money, and supports effective contract and performance management.

Total value (estimated)

• £10,000,000 excluding VAT
• £12,000,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated):  1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030

Location:  Oxfordshire

 

Lot 1. ICT and Digital – Sub-Lot A

Description:  ICT and Digital job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 2. ICT and Digital – Sub-Lot B

Description:  ICT and Digital job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 3. Legal Services – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Legal Services job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 4. Legal Services – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Legal Services job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 5. Regeneration – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Regeneration job roles – permanent workers

 

Lot 6. Regeneration – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Regeneration job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 7. Finance – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Finance job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 8. Finance – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Finance job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 9. Regulatory Service and Housing – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Regulatory Service and Housing job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 10. Regulatory Service and Housing – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Regulatory Service and Housing job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 11. Professional & Business support – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Professional & Business support job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 12. Professional & Business support – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Professional & Business support job roles – Temporary workers

 

Lot 13. Property assets and Surveying – Sub-Lot A

Description:  Property assets and Surveying job roles – Permanent workers

 

Lot 14. Property assets and Surveying – Sub-Lot B

Description:  Property assets and Surveying job roles – Temporary workers

 

Maximum number of suppliers:  21 (suitable for SMEs)

 

Deadlines:

• Tender submission deadline:  27 April 2026, 11:00am
• Award decision date (estimated):  26 July 2026

 

Evaluation:  quality – 50%, price – 35%, and demonstration – 15%

 

Description of risks to contract performance

Local Government Reorganisation

Oxford City Council, along with all local authorities in Oxfordshire is involved in the process of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) as set out in the Government's English Devolution White Paper published in December 2024. This sets out an ambition for remaining two-tier areas to be restructured into single-tier unitary authorities. The future shape of unitary local government in Oxfordshire will be decided by Government in the summer. Ahead of that decision, Oxford City Council is working collaboratively with neighbouring councils to compile data on all contracts and will collectively start to consider how these might be consolidated within the new unitary council(s) that will vest in April 2028.

Oxford City Council at the point of publishing this Tender Notice can provide details of the current demand and scope of requirements to interested suppliers. It is however anticipated, that during the delivery of the contract, the LGR decision on future structure of local government in Oxfordshire will be made by Government, which will lead to the replacement of Oxford City Council and may impact the delivery and scope of this contract.

 

The procurement process will follow the below stages:

• Preliminary Market Engagement (Completed)
• Publication of complete set of tender documentation
• Review bidder responses against Initial Assessment Criteria
• Review bidder responses against Lot-Specific Criteria
• Review bidder responses against Core Criteria, Social Value and Price
• Bidder Demonstrations – Sub-Lot B only.

 

Contracting Authority

Oxford City Council

Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates

Oxford

OX1 1BX

Email: Procurement@oxford.gov.uk

Full tender notice:  https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028593-2026?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-28&utm_source=SavedSearch

 

Submission address and any special instructions

All documents relating to this tender opportunity can be found on the Intend supplier portal. Bidders must be registered on this portal in order to take part in this tender and should submit bids via this portal.  https://in-tendhost.co.uk/oxfordcc/aspx/Home

The project code is OCC000963