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Published 5 Dec 2024, 12:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services

Official notice

Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 4 lots per supplier
Framework ceiling (notional)£2,000,000,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2025awarded 31 Mar 2025
Lots 4max 4 won per supplier

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

HTE, on behalf of Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust placed a Contract Notice in the Find a Tender (“FTS”) seeking expressions of interest for the provision of the agreement of Managed Bank, Managed Agency & Workforce Efficiency Solutions, which comprises of 4 Lots, as listed below:

  • Lot 2a (Managed Bank Solutions) enables Participating Authorities to access Suppliers who are capable of providing one or more staff groups of Flexible Workers through deployment of a Managed Bank.
  • Lot 2b (Managed Agency Solutions) facilitating access to Suppliers providing Temporary Workers and operating as a Prime Contractor via appropriate Sub-Contractor relationships with Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies.
  • Lot 2c (Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation Solutions) enables Participating Authorities to access Suppliers who are capable of providing workforce efficiency and optimisation solutions, that includes but is not limited to Bank and Agency Demand Solutions, Direct Engagement Services and Workforce Consultancy Support.
  • Lot 2d (Bundled Strategic Workforce Services) enables Suppliers awarded to both of Lots 2a and 2b to combine the provision of all the awarded Services under a single contract.

CPV: Placement services of personnel · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
49 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 45 suppliers appointed
Electronic auction
Electronic auction will not be used during the tender, but may used at call-off stage

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £950,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Managed Bank SolutionsAwardedceiling above

Enabling the provision of Flexible Workers through deployment of a Managed Bank solution, the permissible scope of Lot 2a requires Suppliers to provide an outsourced or part outsourced staffing solution for the provision of one or more staff groups of Flexible Workers as detailed in the Specification, manage existing Flexible Workers within the Participating Authority (including staff transfers and transfer terms of employment under TUPE as applicable to the type of service required), introduce new Flexible Workers from the Supplier’s Flexible Worker pool or through new candidate attraction to the Managed Bank, offer a software system that cascades any unfilled bank vacancies to Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies through an NHSE approved framework agreement (where the Participating Authority is part of the NHS), and undertake sourcing, engagement, administration and pre-employment screening in accordance with agreed contract terms and deliverables.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Managed Agency SolutionsAwardedceiling above

Enabling the provision of Temporary Workers through deployment of a Managed Agency solution, the permissible scope of Lot 2b requires Suppliers to act as a Prime Contractor via appropriate Sub-Contractor relationships to manage Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies on behalf of the Participating Authority. Additionally successful bidders will be responsible for designing, scoping, implementing and developing a Managed Agency service offering across one or more of the staff groups of Temporary Worker as detailed in the Specification, provide on-site, dedicated resource and consultancy.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation SolutionsAwardedPublished value£100,000,000

The scope of Lot 2c includes the supply of workforce efficiency and optimisation solutions, that includes but is not limited to Bank and Agency Demand Solutions and Direct Engagement Services. Awarded Suppliers will demonstrate capability of offering all required Core Services for both Bank and Agency Demand Solutions and Direct Engagement to a Participating Authority under Lot 2c, in accordance with the Specification

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Bundled Strategic Workforce ServicesAwardedPublished value£1,000,000

This Lot allows suppliers award to two (2) or more of Lots 2a, 2b and 2c to combine the full service provision of those Lots under a single contract.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 70Price: 60
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 60
  • CSR: 10
  • Price: 30
  • price: 30
Published award criteria (4)
  • Quality: 60
  • CSR: 10
  • Price: 30
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Qualification Envelope Section of the Tender.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 70 of 130: the paper moves it further than the discount.
  • “Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services” 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
5 Dec 2024, 12:03 GMT
Last source update
1 May 2025, 16:42 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Jan 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018574
Classification (CPV)
Placement services of personnelSupply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c285 Find a Tender

Publisher note: HTE is undertaking central purchasing body activities in carrying out this tender exercise by virtue of its partnership with MSE. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and all enquiries should be directed to HTE as confirmed in Section 1 above. MSE and not HTE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this Agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as Agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) To view the list use the downloadable spreadsheet. This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This Agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organization.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
17 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Jan 2025 → 1 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    8 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    17 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    1 May 2025, 16:42 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jan 2025
  1. Buyer details updated
    10 Jan 2025, 15:10 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    1 May 2025, 16:42 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    1 May 2025, 16:42 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DateIV 2.2 · IV17 Jan 202524 Jan 2025+7 d

Extension to deadline following correction required to Commercial scoring methodology. Not a material change however additional time granted as good will

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 45admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 4939 from SMEs · busiest of 4 lots
Contracts signed 4latest 31 Mar 2025

4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Managed Bank Solutions

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    £950,000,000
    Status
    active
  • Managed Agency Solutions

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Managed Agency Solutions

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Bundled Strategic Workforce Services

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    £1,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Managed Bank Solutions47bids · 47 electronic · 2 from abroad39——
2 · Managed Agency Solutions49bids · 49 electronic · 2 from abroad39——
3 · Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation Solutions47bids · 47 electronic · 2 from abroad39——
4 · Bundled Strategic Workforce Services49bids · 47 electronic · 2 from abroad39——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth 19 George Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, B15 1NUContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • HealthTrust Europe LLPMediation body Birmingham
  • HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE)Review body Birmingham
  • HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ("MSE")Review body BirminghamContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

53 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awarded

The first 50 of 53 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.

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Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria