Executive & Non-Executive Search 3
Summary
This closed framework, let under the Procurement Act 2023, gives central government and the wider public sector organisations (across the UK) access to executive and non-executive recruitment services for permanent roles, fixed-term positions, and senior staff temporarily transferred in from other organisations.
Description
This framework helps you recruit senior civil servants and public appointments (or equivalent) and will replace RM6290 Executive Search. This agreement will provide similar services to RM6290 Executive Search and will be defined as core or non-core.
Core modular services include:
- identifying and attracting potential applicants to apply for positions
- assessment and evaluation
- offer and appointment
Non-core modular services may include:
- market mapping
- psychometric analysis
- strategy and planning (such as workforce planning which includes assessing recruitment gaps and ensuring your organisation has the right people with the right skills)
- talent development services
- talent mapping: this is the process of finding future talent by evaluating your organisation’s current talent gap and identifying candidates with high potential that you may be able to recruit
- reserve lists and talent pools
- executive development and coaching
- technology services such as applicant tracking systems (ATS) and video interviews
- international recruitment
Benefits
- quick simple access to capable suppliers to provide quality candidates, first time round
- simplified and efficient contracting routes that save the public sector time and money
- commercial benefits and value for money achieved on all requirements
- support of the public sectors diversity and inclusion (D&I) ambitions
Customer engagement
We have held two rounds of customer engagement. One in February 2025 and another in June 2025, to provide an overview of our ideas for the new framework and to gather feedback. These sessions included both new and existing customers using the current iteration (RM6290 – Executive & Non Executive Recruitment Services) and consisted of webinar discussions and surveys.
The feedback from these events helped shape the strategy of this agreement
Contact RM6394@crowncommercial.gov.uk if you have any questions.
Supplier engagement
We held our first round of supplier engagement in February 2025. This included presenting our initial thoughts to the market and to gain feedback. This was presented as an interactive webinar and a question and answer session. Across March 2025, we also held supplier 1:1 sessions with both SMEs and VCSEs to gain insight into the practical application of the agreement.
The second round was held in June 2025. These sessions were also interactive webinar discussions with surveys and a question and answer session to discuss the developments since the preliminary engagement and the proposed changes to the framework. The session was documented and the points raised were collated to guide us in our final decisions. This feedback helped shape the strategy of this agreement.
The slides and question and answer document from the session in June 2025 are now available:
RM6394 Market engagement supplier slides – June 2025
RM6394 Supplier session frequently asked questions – June 2025
Important links
| Prior Information Notice (PIN) | Read PIN |
| Contract Notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Read contract notice |
| Preliminary market engagement | Read preliminary market engagement notice |
| Tender documents | Read tender document |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | June 2025 |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | September 2025 |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | January 2026 |
| Framework Award | August 2026 |