Award

Engaging specialist recruitment company

  • Torfaen County Borough Council

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-067723

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d23b

Published 23 October 2025, 10:56am



Scope

Reference

Not applicable

Description

Intention to carry out an exemption to our contract standing order to engage the services of a specialist recruitment company The services required are strictly necessary because of extreme and unavoidable urgency and cannot be awarded in a competitive tendering procedure.


Contract 1. Recruitment Agency

Supplier

Contract value

  • £59,600 excluding VAT
  • £74,499.99 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

31 October 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 3 November 2025 to 8 May 2026
  • 6 months, 6 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79600000 - Recruitment services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Gatenby Sanderson

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPPP-1822-DCYQ

14 King Street

Leeds

LS1 2HL

United Kingdom

Telephone: 0113 205 6071

Email: info@gatenbysanderson.com

Website: https://www.gatenbysanderson.com

Region: UKE42 - Leeds

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Recruitment Agency


Contracting authority

Torfaen County Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDNG-5431-HGYV

Civic Centre

Torfaen

NP4 0LS

United Kingdom

Contact name: Stephen Chambers

Email: stephen.chambers@torfaen.gov.uk

Website: http://www.torfaen.gov.uk

Region: UKL16 - Gwent Valleys

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales