Managed Staff Banks

Provides managed outsourced staff bank services. Services are aimed towards the NHS but are open to all public sector bodies including central government. 

Description

Allows you to outsource the management of your staff bank. There are 2 service models available:

  1. outsourcing of any or all elements of the staff bank management except for the employment or engagement of the workers
  2. outsourcing of any or all elements of the staff bank management including the employment or engagement of the workers

A staff bank refers to workers who provide flexible cover and support to permanent staff for planned and unplanned gaps in staffing. You can use the staff bank to help you manage your workforce and maximise shift fill rates.

Services that suppliers can provide as part of a managed staff bank include:

  • internal and external recruitment of bank workers
  • ensuring workers are compliant with NHS employers employment check standards
  • pay rolling the workers
  • performance management services
  • management of the agency cascade where the bank cannot fill a particular requirement

Contracts can be let for any period, but typically will be 3 to 4 years, this will depend on your  workforce strategy. Call off contracts will not expire when this agreement ends, but will run their full course.

Benefits

  • access to an NHS England approved route to market for managed staff banks
  • supports the procurement development programme for the NHS
  • supports the NHS England initiative to reduce the use of agencies and expand the use of staff banks for medical staff
  • end to end planning end-to-end services available from planning to providing a solution that meets your needs
  • the NHS Workforce Alliance conducts audits to ensure all relevant worker compliance checks are conducted
  • provides a mix of experienced suppliers and capable new market entrants
  • flexible solutions to suit your needs
  • flexible pricing to suit your organisational needs
  • management information is available so you can detail report spend and market analysis
  • free to use: you don’t need a membership and framework fees are collected from suppliers

Carbon Reduction

All suppliers for this agreement have committed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts' as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.

Products and suppliers

There are 10 suppliers on this agreement

Lot 1: Managed Staff Banks
Allows you to outsource the management of your staff bank through 2 service models:
  1. outsourcing of any or all elements of the staff bank management except for the employment or engagement of the workers
  2. outsourcing of any or all elements of the staff bank management including the employment or engagement of the workers

Expires:

10 suppliers

How to buy

You can buy through both direct award and further competition. 

Direct award

To direct award under the framework without holding a further competition you should:

  1. develop a statement of requirements and determine whether this can be met by the supplier(s)
  2. determine that all of the terms of the framework and the call-off terms do not need amending or any supplementary terms and conditions
  3. award using the call-off contract with the successful framework supplier(s)

Further competition

To achieve best value for money, we would suggest that you use a further competition.To run a further competition you should:

  1. invite all suppliers who can meet your requirements to bid
  2. send further competition documents to all capable suppliers, leaving reasonable time for them to return their tenders
    1. you can choose to run this process using your internal procurement resources or get in touch with your local NHS Workforce Alliance contact to have a discussion on what support we can offer
  3. evaluate the tender using the fair and transparent criteria in your bid pack
  4. award the supplier which offer the best value for money on the basis of the criteria

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