Executive Recruitment Framework

Buyer
Stoke on Trent City Council
Value
£168,000
Closes
10 November 2026
Where
Stoke-on-Trent, the West Midlands
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to set up a list of approved recruitment agencies that it can use to hire permanent senior leaders, such as Chief Officers, Corporate Directors, Directors and Heads of Service. The estimated value is £168,000, and the council will choose from the approved list when it needs to fill these posts.

What the buyer wants

• Apply to join the framework by submitting a tender response that shows you can run executive recruitment for senior public sector roles. • Demonstrate a track record of finding and placing leaders at director level or above, with references where possible. • Explain how you would source, screen and shortlist candidates, and how you would handle fees and service levels if you are selected.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Without a proven record of placing senior leaders in local government or comparable public bodies, and the capacity to take on council recruitment alongside other work, a small business is unlikely to be shortlisted.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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