Permanent recruitment, executive search and the fee structures behind them
Recruitment services split into volume campaigns, specialist recruitment and executive search, and the commercial models differ enough that a single bid rarely fits all three. Volume and specialist hiring is usually paid as a percentage of first-year salary, contingent on a placement, with a rebate or free replacement if the appointee leaves within a stated period. Search is retained: paid in instalments regardless of outcome, in exchange for a committed, exclusive and documented process. Buyers should choose the model to match how hard the role is to fill, not by price.
Fair and open competition obligations shape what a public body may delegate. The supplier can advertise, search, screen and shortlist, but selection decisions normally rest with the buyer under its own rules, and the audit trail -- criteria applied consistently, reasons recorded, adjustments offered -- has to survive challenge. Assessment methods proposed by the supplier, including tests and structured interviews, must be validated and non-discriminatory, and buyers increasingly ask for evidence of that rather than a description.
Attraction of under-represented candidates is a scored requirement in most public tenders and is measured. Suppliers are asked for their sourcing channels beyond the obvious ones, anonymised shortlisting capability, diverse candidate slates and reporting on the composition of applicants at each stage. Data protection governs candidate information closely, including retention of unsuccessful applications and what the supplier may do with a candidate database built while working for the buyer, and that ownership question is worth settling in the contract.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys hr recruitment in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 97 hr recruitment records from 75 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Santiago de Cali Distrito Especial -Departamento Administrativo de Desarrollo E Innovacion Institucional (5 records); Sena Secretaria General (5 records); Gobernacion DEL Quindio Armenia (4 records); Sena Regional Bolivar Grupo de Apoyo Administrativo Mixto (3 records); Departamento de Santander (2 records); Gobernación de Risaralda** (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 22% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Santiago de Cali Distrito Especial -Departamento Administrativo de Desarrollo E Innovacion Institucional | 5 | 5.2% |
| Sena Secretaria General | 5 | 5.2% |
| Gobernacion DEL Quindio Armenia | 4 | 4.1% |
| Sena Regional Bolivar Grupo de Apoyo Administrativo Mixto | 3 | 3.1% |
| Departamento de Santander | 2 | 2.1% |
| Gobernación de Risaralda** | 2 | 2.1% |
What are hr recruitment contracts worth in Colombia?
97 of the 97 records publish a contract value. The median is $7,195 and the largest single published value is $1.2M. By size, 96 under $100k, 1 between $1M and $10M. The remaining 0 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 96 | 99% |
| between $100k and $1M | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $1M and $10M | 1 | 1.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to hr recruitment tenders in Colombia?
Across the 78 Colombia hr recruitment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 314 days. A quarter of them allowed 122 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 342. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (1.3%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are hr recruitment tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 17 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 70% more than the 10 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 95, spread across 18 separate months of activity since 18 January 2021. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 30 January 2026, 244 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia hr recruitment records on this page come from?
These 97 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (62), SECOP II (35). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Hr Recruitment tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 97 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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