PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

C0134 Central Recruitment Contract

The National Lottery Community Fund · published 12 Jun 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDa20d9dcd-a9d3-4a80-a85e-f6763418ec38-901914
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-86590a61-32ac-4d32-b749-656b196e4b8d
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-283399
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£800,000
award field
Tender value
£800,000
tender field
Procurement method
Direct award
Category
services
CPV
79600000
Recruitment services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

To support efficiency across the Fund, the Procurement Team is proposing central contracts where there is a correlation in services and where value for money can be achieved. The central contracts will provide: • Compliant routes to market reducing the risk of challenge • Ensure that better rates are provided for by the Supplier including possible rebates should the value through the contract reach a certain amount • Compliance with HR requirements • Reduction in the time to market for the procurement of central contract services • Back-office efficiencies Direct award from ESPO 3S-22 Strategic HR Services Framework. Total Contract term: 12 months + 12 months + 12 months. Total Contract Value: up to and not exceeding 1,000,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Initial 12-month Term Value: 800,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Optional 12-month Extension 1 Value: 100,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Optional 12-month Extension 2 Value: 100,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release12 Jun 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published18 May 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 May 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Starfish Search Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 12 Jun 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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