Official UK procurement notice
Workforce Solution 2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Workforce Solutions 2 Framework will provide a central route for the public sector to procure the extended workforce and acquire talent. This spans:
Contingent Labour and associated services,
Recruitment Permanent Outsourcing (RPO) and associated services,
Vendor Neutral routes for Recruit Train Deploy, Statements of Work & Resource Augmentation & Consultancy,
Overseas Workers,
And any other recruitment model or total talent acquisition that gains arises over the term of the contract.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 6 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 2 Sept 2030
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Workforce Solution 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Government Commercial Agency runs Business services: law, marketing, consulting (CPV 79) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Government Commercial Agency procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Business services: law, marketing, consulting (CPV 79) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample. Small firms win less of this buyer’s work than the market’s: 0% against 59%, n=5.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 132 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid10% / 3%
2–35% / 7%
4–65% / 14%
7+81% / 76%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Published estimate£20bn
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 147 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–37%
4–614%
7+76%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse Healthcare Limited t/a XylaEarlier contract | NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutionsstarted Jan 2026 | RM6380 NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| ID Medical Group LimitedEarlier contract | NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutionsstarted Jan 2026 | RM6380 NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Concept Care SolutionsEarlier contract | NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutionsstarted Jan 2026 | RM6380 NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Mylocum LimitedEarlier contract | NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutionsstarted Jan 2026 | RM6380 NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Globe Locums LtdEarlier contract | NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutionsstarted Jan 2026 | RM6380 NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions, winner not published; the published contract ends 21 Jan 2034.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 30 Apr 2026, 14:34 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 10:52 BST
- Authority reference
RM6416- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089014- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068f6eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Apr 2026 → 2 Sept 2030 · 5 dates- Planning notice published174 days ago30 Apr 2026, 14:34 BST
- Latest notice published30 days ago21 Sept 2026, 10:52 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 175 days14 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Market engagementin 373 days29 Oct 2027, 23:59 BST
Market engagement sessions will be used to inform the following:
Scope, Structure, Route to Market, Terms and Conditions, Guidance and Customer Journey.
Engagement may include surveys, industry round tables and engagement sessions for both suppliers and customers and details will be published via the Government Commercial Agency website and the Commercial Lead's Linkedin. Interested suppliers are welcome to follow the Commercial Lead on Linkedin and the GCA Supplier Community
To book a 1:1 slot with the Commercial team please access the booking page to schedule in time.
To register for interest, including registering interest in forming a consortium, please sign up here for updates and communications.
GCA Supplier Community: www.linkedin.com/showcase/gca-supplie… ↗
Register of Interest: surveys.gca.gov.uk/jfe/form/SV_2n3LsFOf… ↗
Booking page: calendar.app.google/KuqyWZcTsPPwAZSM6 ↗
Commercial Lead linkedin: surveys.gca.gov.uk/jfe/form/SV_2n3LsFOf… ↗
- Contract starts2 Sept 2030, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2026- Pipeline notice published30 Apr 2026, 14:34 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Sept 2026, 11:51 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published21 Sept 2026, 10:52 BSTUK1
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender