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Germany - Recruitment services - PRO-2249868231 - Headhunting services

Open Germany Darmstadt Business services

Buyer European Central Bank

€4.0M estimated value · €4,000,000

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Open race

No supplier dominates: 17 different companies have won the last 18 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

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Summary

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The European Central Bank is procuring international search services through an open procedure with two lots. Lot 1 covers international executive search for leadership roles, such as Chief Services Officer, Director General, Director, Head of Division and other managerial or leadership positions. Lot 2 covers international search for experienced professionals, such as team leads, lead experts and principal or senior experts. The ECB intends to award framework agreements lasting four years per lot, with at least three suppliers per lot, and reserves the right to award a fourth agreement per lot if the scores of the third and fourth ranked tenderers are very close. Suppliers must show extensive expertise in diverse international search.

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking through this open procedure (1) suppliers for the provision of international executive search services for leadership roles and (2) suppliers for the provision of international search services for experienced professionals (the ?Deliverables?). The ECB intends to award a framework agreement (the ?Framework agreement?) to the suppliers offering the best value for money for the duration of four years per Lot. The envisaged number of Framework agreements to be awarded per lot is minimum three for Lot 1, and minimum three for Lot 2. The ECB reserves the right to award fourth Framework Contract for either one or both of the lots, in the event that the tender scoring of the third and fourth ranked tenderer are very close. In order to attract top talent for leadership and professional roles, which is diverse in particular with regard to genders and European Union nationalities, the ECB wishes to enter into Contracts with search companies which have an extensive expertise in international search for leadership and professional roles. Lot 1 encompasses searches for the below mentioned sample of leadership roles that could be requested: ? Chief Services Officer (salary band M) ? Director General (salary band L), Deputy Director General (salary band K), Director (salary band K), Head of Division (salary band J), Deputy Head of Division (salary band I), Head of Section (salary band I) ? Other managerial or non-managerial positions with leadership responsibilities; Lot 2 encompasses searches for the below mentioned sample of professional roles that could be requested: ? (Senior) Team lead or Lead Expert (salary band H) ? (Principal/Senior) Expert (salary band F/G)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 818 awards for Business services in Germany.

This notice
€4.0M
Median award
€372,244
Middle half of past awards
€100,700 to €1.1M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

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European Central Bank

Germany

notices in the register
97
awards
43
awarded in total
€8.2M

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
INTERLANGUAGE SRL; LEXTRANSLATE SL; Daniela Teresa Maresu; Interlanguage Translation Limited (ILT Group); PJ srl; LIONBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY; INTRAWELT DI ALESSANDRO POTALIVO & C. SAS; Inprinting srl; Global Translation Solutions Limited 2 Feb 2026
Alexandra Hambling Limited 1 Oct 2025
Alive Portugal S.A. - Beyond Events Lda Consortium 1 Apr 2026
BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft; PwC EU Services EEIG/EESV; CP Consultingpartner AG; Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Ltd; Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants Management Consultants S.A.; KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft; Zanders B.V.; GMS Management Solutions S.L.; Forvis Mazars LLP; 1 Mar 2026
d-fine GmbH; Prometeia SpA; Finalyse S.A; Zanders B.V.; GMS Management Solutions S.L.; Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Ltd; Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants Management Consultants S.A.; Forvis Mazars LLP; TNP Deutschland GmbH; PwC EU Services EEIG/EESV; Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellsc 1 Mar 2026

Based on 18 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

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