Official UK procurement notice
Managed Staff Banks · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCCS has procured this Framework Agreement on behalf of NHS Workforce Alliance.
Managed Staff Banks (RM6278) is a single-Lot Framework Agreement available for use by UK public sector bodies and future successor organisation, which includes Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies, the wider public sector and third sector including, but not limited to, local government, health, education, police, fire and rescue, housing associations and charities.
Suppliers offer innovative solutions to support Buyers in the effective and flexible use of resources. This is particularly relevant in the context of facilitating collaboration between Buyers across different organisations in terms of managed staff banks.
Services are delivered within the United Kingdom.
This Framework Agreement replaces Flexible Resource Pool – Staff Bank (RM6158).
CPV: Placement services of personnel · Recruitment services · Supply services of medical personnel · Supply services of nursing personnel · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 15 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Under the Framework Agreement, Suppliers will offer innovative solutions to support…AwardedPublished value£2,000,000,000
Under the Framework Agreement, Suppliers will offer innovative solutions to support Buyers in the effective and flexible use of resources. This is particularly relevant in the context of facilitating collaboration between Buyers across different organisations in terms of managed staff banks.
Suppliers will deliver all services included in the scope of Framework Schedule 1 - Specification (set out at Attachment 1a of the Invitation to Tender documentation) and shall be capable of providing any combination of the services as specified by the Buyer at Call-Off. Additional information: The initial duration of the Framework is 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 1 year.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 85
- Price: 15
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender (ITT) registering for access.
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Managed Staff Banks” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Apr 2022, 15:39 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2023, 13:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
RM6278- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011353- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032d74Find a Tender
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/01abbf7c-86ff-4f74-ba13-6d9014ee4b2b 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement. CCS reserved the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score was within 1% of the last position. Number of Places Awarded: 10
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 Nov 2022, 15:01 GMT
Timeline
1 Nov 2022 → 20 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Nov 2022
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Nov 2022, 15:01 GMT
- Notice published20 Apr 2023, 13:25 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2022- Status changed to active20 Oct 2022, 12:50 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Oct 2022, 12:50 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT20 Oct 2022, 12:50 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Oct 2022, 12:50 BST
- Status changed to complete20 Apr 2023, 13:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 011353-2023-1
- Signed
- 10 Mar 2023
- Value
- £2,000,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15bids · 15 electronic | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier listFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria