RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

The Department For Culture Media & Sport

EXECUTIVE SEARCH AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RECRUITMENT OF NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL CHAIR

Business ServicesCPV 79600000
Value£16k
Awarded29 Aug 2016
Published9 Dec 2016
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£16ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits below the typical range for Business Services contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This contract has been procured via mini competition under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System - Ref: PS-2016- ES Services (Lot 1).

We are seeking to appoint a new NML Chair when the current Chair's term comes to an end on 1 January 2017.

We are therefore appointing an Executive Search company to: - Undertake the search for prospective candidates, submit suggestions to DCMS and approach candidates to make an application where appropriate.

Carry out an initial review and grading of applications received for consideration by the panel at sifting stage. - Undertake the associated administration and liaison with the candidates, up to the point that a candidate is appointed.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
This contract has been procured via mini competition under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System - Ref: PS-2016- ES Services (Lot 1).
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
This contract has been procured via mini competition under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System - Ref: PS-2016- ES Services (Lot 1).

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at The Department For Culture Media & Sport, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Source & provenance
OCID
67a24d83-bb48-4d24-aa3a-23c71c380814
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
100698
View the original notice on Contracts Finder

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Business Services

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

The Department For Culture Media & Sport’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

Interpreting, Communication Support and Transcription Services

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Closes Business Services
Value not publishedValue

DCWW 2015 - Recruitment Services Procurement

Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig

Closes 9 Oct 2026Business Services
£20.0mValue