Published date: 9 January 2026

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 December 2025, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN796394-77391450

Published date

9 January 2026

Closing date

8 December 2025

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 January 2026

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The objectives of the procurement are:
1. ECC can call upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising, so that we are ahead of the curve in attracting the best and most suitable talent into our organisation.
2. ECC can call also upon subject matter expertise and advice in relation to recruitment advertising for our public sector customers (as listed above).
3. To ensure our talent pool population grows significantly, via effective promotion of the platform in the right channels.
4. That the attraction approaches selected by ECC and our customers are underpinned by robust and clear return on investment (ROI) data to inform all future decisions
5. That digital is placed at the forefront of talent attraction.
6. That our methods are innovative, market leading, attention grabbing and future proof.
7. That ECC is positioned in the market with a strong, clear employer value proposition and brand that continues to be articulated through specific attraction (individual and campaigns).
8. That our EVP has evolved constantly, to remain fresh and exciting.
9. That our brand not only represent ECC but can be re-purposed to represent specific areas of the business such as Social Care, ensuring they are able to maintain their individual identity, whilst still clearly being part of the Essex brand family.
10. That ECC is informed and ready for future workforce trends and able to deliver strategic workforce planning underpinned by considered, informed and pro-active attraction techniques.
11. To ensure that recruitment advertising activities reach the target audience and generate suitable candidates for recruitment exercises.
12. That ECC can attract talent effectively and quickly to our known hard to fill areas, to underpin robust strategic workforce planning.
13. That all services are available to ECC and any customer we represent.

Award information

Awarded date

19 December 2025

Contract start date

1 January 2026

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Total value of contract

£200,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

(2) PeopleScout Limited (Trading as TMP Worldwide)

Address

265, Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7RQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Beaver

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 333

Email

Andrew.beaver@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/