Recruitment, Advertisement/ Promotion and Engagement
Estimated value
£34k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
28 May 2026
Description
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address our immediate and long-term recruitment needs and help us achieve critical staffing levels across the service. We require additional capacity and dedicated support to attract applicants to the service and increase applications by advertising the Trust as an employer, key job opportunities available and vacancies, both online and offline. The appointed provider will work collaboratively with in-house recruitment and communications leads to strengthen NEAS as an employer of choice across a range of workforce groups and career pathways. We require a strategic partner capable of delivering high-quality recruitment marketing campaigns, compelling workforce storytelling, creative campaign assets, advertising support, and associated communications materials to support attraction, recruitment and retention objectives. We are looking for this work to be delivered between July 2026 – March 2027 with options to extend if budget approved.
Scope
- Reference
- C448561
- Total value
- £33,600 excluding VAT£42,000 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Jun 2026 to 31 Mar 2027Possible extension to 31 Mar 2028
An initial indicative of £42,000.00 is allocated, with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to NEAS funding approval
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 7934140079341000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Recruitment campaigns will target audiences: Geographically: • Regionally: From Berwick to Cumbria borders and down to Redcar we are looking to reach a broad range of potential candidates across a range of job roles and disciplines with volume recruitment for specific roles such as health advisor, senior clinical advisor, specialist practitioner, ambulance care assistants, integrated care assistants and other adhoc hard to recruit roles across the service.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 29 May 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 10 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- All bidders are required to submit their tender responses electronically via the Health Family Atamis e-Tendering Portal https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition