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National Recruitment Software System

Software package and information systems
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "National Recruitment Software System". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS EnglandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
24.6Bids / Report
17.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 391 active published awards; 367 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
Last source update11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-054722
What is being bought
Provision of a software platform for use by the Four Nations to facilitate local, regional and national recruitment across the following NHS staffing groups:<br/>- Foundation<br/>- Medical<br/>- Dental<br/>- Pharmacy<br/>- Healthcare Science
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Direct Award for the provision of a software platform for use by the Four Nations to facilitate local, regional and national recruitment.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    11 Jun 2025, 21:08 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 28 May 2025, 00:00 BST · £12,360,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Hicom Technology Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£12,360,000 · signed 28 May 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS England

Contracting authority GB-FTS-130973
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  • NHS England
    buyer

    Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, UKJ1, SE1 8UG
    england.commercialqueries@nhs.net

  • Hicom Technology Limited
    supplier

    04516040
    Red House, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking,, Surrey, UK, GU24 0BL

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNHS England (NHSE) is required to maintain the provision of a National Recruitment Platform to support Local, Regional and National recruitment across the Four Nations. This platform specialises in the recruitment of the following staffing groups:<br/>- Foundation<br/>- Medical<br/>- Dental<br/>- Pharmacy<br/>- Healthcare Science<br/><br/>There is a clear clinical risk should the national recruitment platform not be maintained and service continuity is of paramount importance. A stable recruitment system is required to ensure delivery of business as usual recruitment processes across the four nations. The wider landscape across national recruitment is changing and with annual increases in application numbers this has created an administrative burden for NHSE England’s regional recruitment teams. <br/><br/>NHSE has commissioned industry leaders to undertake assessments of the market, through discovery exercises, to understand whether there is competition in the market capable of meeting NHSE’s Technical requirements. The assessments have considered product disaggregation and wider market analysis. NHSE is currently undertaking an Alpha project to assess options that might allow for the development of alternative products or pre-built systems that will meet all the technical requirements (in Lots or otherwise) that NHSE believes does not exist currently . <br/>Additionally, previously competed procurements have only resulted in one bidder or one bidder with support from a partner supplier.<br/><br/>At this stage, NHSE has concluded that competition in the market does not exist in the form of a customisable Commercial Off the Shelf product. This is primarily due to the specialist nature of the technical requirements and in particular the need for interoperable functionality with other clinical government recruitment platforms. <br/>NHSE remains committed to keeping this position under regular review to ensure that the best value for money is delivered.<br/><br/>NHS England commenced negotiations for the direct award of the services with Hicom Technology Limited in December 2024 and is satisfied that the tests permitting the use of the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication (Reg 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) PCR 2015) and the Government Commercial Function’s Procurement Act 2023 Guidance: Transitional and Saving Arrangements have been met.