Health Workforce Solutions
Summary
This agreement gives you access to outsourced staff banks, managed service solutions, temporary and permanent recruitment solutions (domestic and international), workforce management plans and vendor management systems. This is available to the NHS and the wider public sector.
Description
This agreement is a part of the broader portfolio of the NHS Workforce Alliance and will offer sustainable and will offer sustainable and flexible workforce solutions, such as:
- outsourced staff banks
- managed service solutions
- permanent recruitment solutions (domestic and international)
- temporary recruitment solutions (domestic and international)
- bespoke workforce management plans
In addition to the services above we’re expanding NHS workforce planning support. This includes vendor management systems for temporary staff oversight and recruitment specialists for both domestic and international hiring.
The framework agreement is likely to run for four years.
Benefits
- access to an NHS England approved route to market
- flexible solutions will be designed to both offer alternatives to agency staffing and more strategic contracts to manage agency staffing cost pressures and transition to non-agency routes, aligning with NHS England temporary staffing efficiency programme (TSEP)
- the NHS Workforce Alliance conducts audits to ensure all relevant worker compliance checks are conducted
- access innovative solutions designed to support the public sector with their workforce challenges
- access to complete a workforce solution using a single contracting option
Product types
It is not yet known if this agreement will have multiple lots.
Customer engagement
We will host customer engagement sessions to support the development of this agreement. Further details and dates will be published once available.
Supplier engagement
We will host supplier engagement sessions to support the development of this agreement. Further details and dates will be published once available.
Important links
| Prior Information Notice (PIN) | Not available yet |
| Contract Notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | October 2024 |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | TBC |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | Aug 2025 |
| Framework Award | Feb 2026 |