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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 4 days ago Contract notice

Independent Workplace Investigation and Employee Relations Services

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority

24 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€118,067
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

28 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 30 days, based on 2,266 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority (TWFRA), the governing body for Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, is procuring independent employee relations and workplace investigation services. The contract provides flexible, call-off access to qualified HR and employee relations specialists to help manage complex, sensitive, high-risk or resource-intensive cases, including workplace investigations and disciplinary and grievance matters. The provider will work alongside the Service's internal HR, management and legal resources as appropriate. Services are delivered on an as-required basis and there is no guaranteed minimum volume or value of work under the contract.

Description

TWFRA (‘the Authority’) is the publicly accountable body that oversees the policy and service delivery of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (‘the Service’) on behalf of the community. The Service successfully leads the operational delivery of fire and rescue services such as public protection, fire and other emergency prevention, operational response and resilience. Our stations, staff and appliances are strategically placed across Tyne and Wear to ensure efficient and effective response to fires and other emergencies. Appliances work across station areas and can be mobilised whilst away from their home station. We also have robust arrangements with neighbouring services to enable additional support during major emergencies. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced external organisation to provide independent, professional support with employee relations matters on a call-off basis, as required. The contract will provide flexible access to experienced HR and employee relations specialists to support the Service in the management of complex, sensitive, high-risk or resource-intensive cases, including workplace investigations and disciplinary and grievance matters. The provider will work alongside the Service’s internal HR, management and legal resources, as appropriate. There is no guaranteed minimum volume or value of work under the contract.

Bid or no-bid?

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €118,067.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    24 days left, 18 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €7,647 and €174,390.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 8 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 4 days ago

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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 1,972 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€118,067
Median award
€52,546
Middle half of past awards
€7,647 to €174,390

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

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

Full buyer profile

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority

United Kingdom

notices in the register
8
awards
7

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 81 €17.3M Oct 2026
Promar International Ltd 48 €277,984 Sep 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 32 €6.0M Sep 2026
Lorien Resourcing Ltd 27 €7.0M Aug 2026
Venesky-Brown Recruitment 26 €5.6M Sep 2026

Based on 2145 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 38% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
4,352
median open notice
€222,773

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
931
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
8%
buyers awarded contracts here
439

Based on 2,145 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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