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North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 08:35.

Opportunity overview

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address our immediate and long-term recruitment needs and help us achieve critical staffing levels across the service. We require additional capacity and dedicated support to attract applicants to the service and increase applications by advertising the Trust as an employer, key job opportunities available and vacancies, both online and offline. The appointed provider will work collaboratively with in-house recruitment and communications leads to strengthen NEAS as an employer of choice across a range of workforce groups and career pathways. We require a strategic partner capable of delivering high-quality recruitment marketing campaigns, compelling workforce storytelling, creative campaign assets, advertising support, and associated communications materials to support attraction, recruitment and retention objectives. We are looking for this work to be delivered between July 2026 – March 2027 with options to extend if budget approved.

Classification

  • CPV79341000 — Advertising services
  • CPV79341400 — Advertising campaign services

Lots

  • Lot 1£33.6k

Documents and notices

  • Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
  • North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address our immediate and long-term recruitment needs and help us achieve critical staffing levels across the service. We require additional capacity and dedicated support to attract applicants to the service and increase applications by advertising the Trust as an employer, key job opportunities available and vacancies, both online and offline.Open source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C448561
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
All bidders are required to submit their tender responses electronically via the Health Family Atamis e-Tendering Portal https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
10 Jun 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
29 May 2026, 12:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation

smeVcse

Reserved Participation Location

Description
Tyne and Wear

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

E11000007

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
42,000
Amount
33,600
Currency
GBP

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
Recruitment campaigns will target audiences: Geographically: • Regionally: From Berwick to Cumbria borders and down to Redcar we are looking to reach a broad range of potential candidates across a range of job roles and disciplines with volume recruitment for specific roles such as health advisor, senior clinical advisor, specialist practitioner, ambulance care assistants, integrated care assistants and other adhoc hard to recruit roles across the service.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
An initial indicative of £42,000.00 is allocated, with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to NEAS funding approval

Award criteria

Description
Scoring: 60% Quality 30% Finance 10% Social Value

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79341400
Description
Advertising campaign services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79341000
Description
Advertising services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
L-4001
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is seeking to appoint an experienced, innovative brand communications company with the expertise to help develop and deliver a comprehensive recruitment marketing strategy. Support is needed in executing recruitment campaigns that will address our immediate and long-term recruitment needs and help us achieve critical staffing levels across the service. We require additional capacity and dedicated support to attract applicants to the service and increase applications by advertising the Trust as an employer, key job opportunities available and vacancies, both online and offline.
Entry 2
Id
050490-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
28 May 2026, 16:20
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-PPON-PQGJ-4428-JQJD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQGJ-4428-JQJD

Address

Street Address
Bernicia House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Locality
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Postal Code
NE15 8NY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC22

Contact

Name
Anthony Oba

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newcastle-Upon-Tyne · UKC22 · NE15 8NY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 050490-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·