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Contingent Labour and options for Permanent Recruitment provider

NESO is seeking a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to deliver contingent labour services, with the option to provide supplementary permanent recruitment support. The MSP will be responsible for the management of contingent workforce programmes including the delivery of direct sourcing activities and the effective management of a network of recruitment agencies to identify, attract and source talent. The service will also include end to end programme management, workforce reporting and analytics, supplier selection and management, governance and performance oversight and the provision of a single point of contact for ordering, invoicing and operational related activities. The contract start date stated within this notice reflects the service commencement date. However, NESO estimates the contract effective date to commence up to 12 months prior to the service commencement to allow sufficient time for potential mobilisation, implementation and transition activities, where required.

  • Other sectors
  • Public sector
  • United Kingdom
Buyer / issuer
NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED
Sector
Other sectors
Country / region
United Kingdom
Public or private
Public sector
Closing date
Not stated
Closing date not stated
Estimated value
£60m
GBP
Submission method
Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
Tender number
ocds-h6vhtk-0788d3
Status
Active

Scope summary

NESO is seeking a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to deliver contingent labour services, with the option to provide supplementary permanent recruitment support. The MSP will be responsible for the management of contingent workforce programmes including the delivery of direct sourcing activities and the effective management of a network of recruitment agencies to identify, attract and source talent. The service will also include end to end programme management, workforce reporting and analytics, supplier selection and management, governance and performance oversight and the provision of a single point of contact for ordering, invoicing and operational related activities. The contract start date stated within this notice reflects the service commencement date. However, NESO estimates the contract effective date to commence up to 12 months prior to the service commencement to allow sufficient time for potential mobilisation, implementation and transition activities, where required.

Category: services

Key requirements

  • Procurement method: Competitive flexible procedure
  • Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
  • Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.

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Important dates

Published
15 Oct 2026
First seen by Atlas
16 Oct 2026
Briefing session
Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
Submission deadline
Not stated

Commercial snapshot

Estimated value
£60m
Contract type
Competitive flexible procedure
Category
services
Source
UK Find a Tender

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