Sometimes the best way to secure employment in the public sector is the indirect way. Recruitment specialists understand the sector – and the industries within – better than some suppliers ever will. They can be especially helpful to companies that are just entering the market and haven’t found their feet yet.
Some recruitment agencies provide blanket cover – they link public sector buyers and suppliers from a diverse array of industries, from health advisors to general labourers and audit managers.
Others specialise, for example, public finance or legal agencies. Your decision depends on your needs.
10 of the Best Public Sector Suppliers in Legal and Professional Services
We’re going to focus on suppliers who provide public services to legal and professional organisations in the UK market.
1) Hays Specialist Recruitment
Hays Specialist Recruitment is a multinational recruitment specialist that operates in 33 countries. Its unique selling point is the knowledge it brings to the table. This includes a free training and educational platform called, My Learning. It also leverages its extensive public sector network to find temporary and permanent roles in the following:
- Temporary recruitment
- Fully managed temporary recruitment
- Permanent recruitment
- Outsourced permanent recruitment
- Executive recruitment
The UK government uses Hays to fill temporary roles in the public sector.
2) Softcat
Softcat specialises in most things IT, including infrastructure, products, and services. Its UPS is its incredible customer service. It boasts a 95% customer satisfaction score, which is partly maintained by its ISO standards for quality, business continuity, and service management. It’s also won several awards as one of the best places to work in the UK. This is perhaps not surprising when you look at its perks:
- Hybrid working
- Birthday off
- Free breakfast
- Duvet days
- Flexi-time
The UK government uses Softcat for IT solutions in public sector organisations.
3) Reed Specialist Recruitment
Reed has been uniting employers and employment candidates since 1960. It operates in several industries, including those within the public sector. It partners with framework providers to ensure government departments and contracting authorities have access to candidates of the highest calibre. Candidates’ skills cover the ambit of public sector requirements, including:
- Clerical and administration work
- Social care
- Planning and development
- Transportation
- IT
- Human resources
The UK government uses Reed for employment placement in central and local government.
4) Deloitte
Deloitte includes the public sector among its very many other clients. It plays an important role in one of the government’s priorities, digital transformation. Using proprietary research, Deloitte’s experts collaborate with public bodies to develop innovative and proactive solutions to challenges like climate action and financial sustainability. Special areas of focus in the public sector include:
- Defence, Security, and Justice
- Health and Human Services
- Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Government
The UK government uses Deloitte for accounting, auditing, management consultancy, and business support.
5) LA International Computer Consultants
LA International specialises in ICT recruitment in the UK and more than 90 countries globally. Its primary UPS is that it’s the highest ranking Security Cleared Digital and Technology resource supplier in the UK. It’s also the only enhanced government-accredited organisation in its sector.
As one of the best public sector software and computing suppliers, they cater to businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to major government divisions:
- Defence
- Health
- Higher education
- Central government
- Managed services
The UK government uses LA International for temporary employment in public services.
6) Certes Computing
Certes started as a specialist in IT resource planning, project development, and delivery. It evolved to include IT recruitment in public and private sectors but continues to provide high-quality, innovative solutions for public sector organisations and IT projects.
One of its areas of focus for the public sector is digital transformation. It collaborates with clients to ensure they have the skills and expertise to optimise the solutions provided.
The UK uses Certes as an IT consultant for public organisations and agencies.
7) Smartsourcing
Smartsourcing provides several outsourcing solutions, starting with an analysis of your workflow to identify areas likely to benefit from outsourcing. It includes training, monitoring, and management methods to maximise productivity and efficiency in the administration of public sector projects. Areas of specialisation include:
- Business continuity and risk
- Labour and tax compliance
- Connectivity and technology
- Globalisation
The UK uses Smartsourcing to provide public sector workers on a temporary basis.
8) KPMG UK
KPMG UK is part of the multinational KPMG organisation. It provides several services to public sector bodies, but the overarching focus is modernising and digitalising existing systems. Public services fall within the following divisions:
- Technology and data
- Strategic change and delivery
- Operations, people, and management
- Assurance and reporting
The UK uses KPMG UK for human resources and functions in public organisations.
9) Phoenix Software
Phoenix Software provides managed services and IT solutions to public sector bodies that need innovation and transformation. Its UPS is its depth of partnerships with its customers. The enhanced relationships result in a long list of benefits, for example, modernised data centres, cyber security, AI and automation, and software services.
Benefits are in the following divisions:
- Central, regional, and local government
- Healthcare and emergency services
- Charity and Not-For-Profit
- Housing
- Education and higher education
The UK uses Phoenix for many purposes, including wholesale of computers and peripheral equipment for public sector staff; business and domestic software for public bodies; and other IT services across all departments.
10) PriceWaterhouseCoopers UK
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) works with public sector divisions and healthcare industries to enhance essential services and digital networks and improve access to acute and chronic medication in the National Health Service.
It aims to encourage collaboration between the public and private sectors to address modern challenges, including skills shortages, climate action, inequality in the workplace, and infrastructure development. Public sector divisions include:
- Central, devolved, and local government
- Charities
- Defence
- Education
- Transport
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
The UK uses PwC for window cleaning.
Size Doesn’t Matter If You Have Professional Public Sector Networks
All public sector market suppliers, regardless of size and position, need a way to attract the attention of procurement authorities. The quickest way to a buyer’s heart – or purse strings – is effective marketing, preferably using a diverse public sector network.
When you partner with Cadence Marketing, you don’t just benefit from our extensive experience and expertise, you get the backing of BiP Solutions, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement specialists.
Contact us to learn about our marketing solutions and how they can put you in front of public sector organisations looking for innovative suppliers in your area of specialisation. Complete the form on our Contact page or arrange for a free consultation and our experts will answer all your questions about working with public sector organisations.
