Tender: Recruitment Services for Government Legal Department - Legal, Early Talent and Cross-Functional Hiring (48-month contract + up to 24-month extension)

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The Government Legal Department is seeking a supplier for end-to-end recruitment services to attract, assess and appoint qualified lawyers, senior legal specialists, commercial, employment, planning and public/private law practitioners, as well as early talent routes including legal trainees, pupillage candidates, legal apprentices and wider early-career colleagues. The contract includes optional non-core services for cross-functional roles such as HR, Digital, Finance and Commercial, Senior Civil Service campaigns, and surge capacity for high-volume sifting or assessment activity. The successful supplier must provide targeted attraction strategies, high-quality assessment and selection with adverse impact analysis, market intelligence and management information, candidate-centred processes and data-driven recommendations, operate in compliance with Cabinet Office controls and Civil Service Recruitment Principles, and meet strict data protection and information governance requirements; TUPE may apply and anonymised staffing information will be made available to shortlisted bidders. The term is 48 months with the option to extend by up to 24 further months in 12-month increments, and the role offers the chance to support GLD's strategic workforce planning and modernisation, including appropriate AI-enabled approaches.