Official UK procurement notice
National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Workforce Transformation Solutions
Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Human resources management consultancy services · Payroll management services · Personnel and payroll services · Placement services of personnel · Recruitment services · Supply services of medical personnel · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff · Time accounting or human resources software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The solutions available to clients through this framework will include as a minimum:
The solutions available to clients through this framework will include as a minimum:
- providing actionable data, trends and analytics,
- national, regional and local benchmarking,
- enabling collaborative working e.g. regional collaborative working on data and/or resources,
- deployment of whole workforce analytics to improve intelligence and decision making,
- root cause analysis tools to identify workforce demand and risks,
- facilitate the deployment of people programmes to tackle identified causes of workforce demand and risks in the areas of retention, wellbeing, recruitment and absence management,
- technology review and upgrades to streamline processes and provide real time intelligence,
- the development and utilisation of a collaborative workforce,
- bespoke training programmes, project management resource and managed service support (onsite and remote) during implementation and ongoing.
The tools and solutions provided by the supplier under this framework will enable clients to achieve:
- a workforce resourced through the most cost effective route, leading to more patient care hours and/or reduced costs,
- an ability to manage a large workforce with intelligent measures and trends,
- best practice processes leading to improved workforce control and governance,
- improved visibility of requirements for workforce planning and risk,
- adherence to the NHS People Plan,
- an exemplar of workforce management in the NHS.
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).
- “National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Workforce…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Dec 2024, 10:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Dec 2024, 10:01 GMT
- Authority reference
F/065/WTS/20/MH- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038997- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c20eFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust operated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework agreement was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the framework agreement was entered into.
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 038997-2024-1-1
- Signed
- 15 Mar 2021
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Status
- active
- Change This notice is being published to extend the duration of the framework agreement only. All other aspects of the Contract Award Notice (reference 2021/S 055-140253) published in March 2021 remain the same. This framework agreement will be extended for an initial period of 12 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months. This will give a total possible extension of 24 months. A further notice will be published if the optional further 12 month extension is taken., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This extension in duration is required to allow users of the framework to conclude a procurement as otherwise they would suffer significant inconvenience.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Liaison Financial Services LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.