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# Workforce Management System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust: "Workforce Management System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £29,640,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-central-ambulance-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-1823)
- **Published Value:** £29,640,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems, Time accounting or human resources software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa#participate

## Description
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is seeking to procure a fully
supplier hosted, managed and onward going developed, Software as a Service provided
Workforce Management Software System for use by all UK Ambulance Trusts.
All UK Ambulance Trusts currently use GRS and there is a desire to seek a solution which will
provide a total workforce management solution, incorporating the functionality currently
provided by other interdependent systems.
SCAS, as lead Contracting Authority, is seeking to appoint a Supplier by 6th April 2021 who
will be responsible for developing an all-encompassing system suitable for use by all
Ambulance Trusts for a go live date for SCAS, and potentially at least two other Ambulance
Trusts, of 1st April 2022.
Please see the following link for details of all the Ambulance Trusts who may draw down on
the contract:
https://aace.org.uk/uk-ambulance-service/map-of-nhs-ambulance-services/
The Authority seeks bids from organisations which can demonstrate experience of providing
a complex Workforce Management Software System for use with a wide range of different
personnel and who, whether or not they currently provide services to the NHS, can demonstrate:
i) a clear understanding and appreciation of:
• the complexities of the NHS;
• the Agenda for Change;
• NHS Terms and Conditions;
• The substantial range and complexity of the personnel employed and the differing terms
under which they are employed;
• The interplay within the NHS marketplace and the interaction between the Department of
Health, NHSE, NHSI, Clinical Commissioning Group and many other groups.
ii) High levels of competency in developing and continually updating a system to deliver
100% accurate information in terms of hours worked by differing personnel;
iii) The ability to ensure effective, live and accurate integration between hours worked and
the Authority's payroll system.
iv) Proven methodology for delivering the changing needs of an NHS body which employs a
wide range of different personnel needing to take account of the Working Time Regulations
and the interplay between annual leave, absence, TOIL, overtime, rostering and selfrostering.
v) The expertise to delivery effective and accurate integration with and data feed from the
worked hours data to the Trust's Payroll provider system.
SCAS intend letting a contract for up to 10 years (an initial 5 years from the point of award on
6th April 2021 and then four years from go live on 1st April 2022 with the option thereafter to
extend by multiples of one year up to a further five years).
Other Ambulance Trusts would have the option of drawing down on the ensuing contract
during its lifetime with the intention of a co-terminus date for all those Trusts utilising the
contract opportunity.
SCAS intends that the contract will involve a proactive Ambulance user group who will agree
on the development pathway for each following year in conjunction with the Supplier for the
benefit of all partic...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48450000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £29,640,000
- **Description:** South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is seeking to procure a fully
supplier hosted, managed and onward going developed, Software as a Service provided
Workforce Management Software System for use by all UK Ambulance Trusts.
All...
- **Contract Period:** 05/04/2021 to 31/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Workforce Management System (active)
  - Award id: `013406-2021-SCAS000723-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Allocate Software Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182501`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Workforce Management System (active)

  - Signed Date: 05/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013406-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-14T16:14:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:53:34.583Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028aaa