RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

O F W A T

Interim Business Admin Support (Talent and Organisational Development (OD))

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79600000
Value£14k
Awarded23 Jun 2023
Published30 Aug 2023
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£14ktotal 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

Awarded using ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework Agreement (reference 3S-22, Lot 1 - Lot 1a Admin, HR & Business Support.

The Talent and OD (organisational development) team consist of a Learning and Development (L&D) partner, three Talent (recruitment) partners and two Recruitment & Onboarding advisers.

This role will support the team in an administration capacity.

Requirement: As Business Support the successful candidate will play a key role in assisting the Talent & OD team with administrative support.

They will perform a range of support service tasks and will have opportunities to develop their skills.

They will be a self-starter who requires minimal supervision and oversight from colleagues.

They will also be able to communicate and engage with a range of stakeholders.

Key deliverables: As Business Support the successful candidate will promote a positive attitude and their main tasks will include: • Organising L&D events (i.e. liaison with suppliers, and adding to the events calendar etc) • Responding to queries from the email inboxes • Scheduling meetings (i.e. booking and setting up rooms) • Supporting recruitment (i.e. organising sifts and interviews, updating Applicant Tracking System (ATS)) • Supporting with pre-onboarding tasks (requesting references and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for example) • Help maintain accurate records and maintain electronic filing system • Processing purchase orders and invoices for the team

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Lot 1a Admin, HR & Business Support

Lot 1a Admin, HR & Business Support.

02

This role will support the team in

This role will support the team in an administration capacity.

03

As Business Support the successful candidate

As Business Support the successful candidate will play a key role in assisting the Talent & OD team with administrative support.

04

They will perform a range of support

They will perform a range of support service tasks and will have opportunities to develop their skills.

05

They will also be able to communicate

They will also be able to communicate and engage with a range of stakeholders.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

DBS checkPersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
Supporting with pre-onboarding tasks (requesting references and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for example)
ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
Awarded using ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework Agreement (reference 3S-22, Lot 1 - Lot 1a Admin, HR &
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Awarded using ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework Agreement (reference 3S-22, Lot 1 - Lot 1a Admin, HR &

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.

What this bid requires

Skills, tools & certifications

Detected from the notice — the capabilities and credentials this bid calls for. Click one to see who wins that work.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at O F W A T, 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
75b5d4cf-8842-48e0-ba25-1d6aaeb7d63b
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
PROC.04.0211
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.

O F W A T’s tender network

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

Similar open tenders

BHF R4 Business Case Development

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Closes 18 Sept 2026Business Services
£195kValue

Developing Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Guidelines for the UK

Natural England

Closes 28 Sept 2026Business Services
£50kValue