Official UK procurement notice
NHS Workforce Alliance Healthcare Solutions
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of Health Workforce Solutions for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: Placement services of personnel · Supply services of medical personnel · Supply services of nursing personnel · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Workforce Alliance Healthcare Solutions - Sustainable and flexible workforce…Planned
NHS Workforce Alliance Healthcare Solutions - Sustainable and flexible workforce solutions, including delivery of outsourced staff banks, managed service solutions, temporary and permanent recruitment solutions (domestic and international), tailored workforce management plans to meet individual customer needs and vendor management systems.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Oct 2024, 10:45 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2024, 10:45 BST
- Authority reference
RM6380- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04affdFind a Tender
Publisher note: This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Health Workforce market. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during October and November 2024 with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing [email protected], with the subject header RM6380 Market Engagement. Further details will be provided to you as they become available. Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participating in the market engagement. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over an estimated four years. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6380 for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further 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 properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement. Please note that the Carbon Net Zero Team cannot advise on CRP compliance to bidders in a live procurement. For further guidance on ‘producing your carbon reduction plan’ please follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppn-0621-carbon-reduction-plan-creation-and-training-tickets-224041864247 The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement. The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6380 Health Workforce Solutions Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet RM6380 Health Workforce Solutions requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/031529f4-8afe-435e-893f-77d749eee5f4
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Oct 2024 → 1 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published22 Oct 2024, 10:45 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.