TEN-2425-043 - Recruitment Services

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-04ededProcurement Act 2023SME suitablepending

Estimated value

Awarded value

£11.2m

Awarded 17 Jul 2025

Suppliers

43

24 SME

Lots

4

4 awarded

Published

30 Jul 2025

Description

Nest hires roles across a broad range of fields, including but not limited to pensions, risk and compliance, legal, secretariat, product design and experience, project management, technology and cyber, HR, finance, data analysis.  This ITT covers Nest's requirement for the provision of recruitment services for permanent, fixed term and interim roles.  Nest is seeking to contract with suppliers to provide general and specialist permanent recruitment services.  As a result, Nest is looking for a solution where suppliers can provide either good coverage across a broad range of our requirements, or are specialist providers within one or more sectors and have access to candidates with a broad skill set.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-04eded
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Jun 2025 to 01 Jun 2027
Possible extension to 01 Jun 2029

2 x 12 months

CPV classifications
79600000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Experiencequality21.00%
Areas of Recruitmentquality7.00%
Diversity - Sourcing Approachquality21.00%
Diversity within Workforcequality14.00%
SLA'squality7.00%
Fees/Ratescost27.00%
Rebate Policycost3.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 4 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£2.8m

Award date

17 Jul 2025

Contract start

31 Aug 2025

Contract end

31 Aug 2027

Awarded to
BL
CH 11060647
SME
ES
SME
BL
CH 11060647
SME
ES
SME
LT
SME
RB
SME
GL
SME
LT
SME
IA
CH OC354226
TA
SME
WP
SME

Lots · 4 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Interimcomplete
2Permanent/fixed termcomplete
3Pay Role Servicescomplete
4Executive Searchcomplete