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Contingent Labour - Multidisciplinary Temporary Healthcare

NHS Blood and Transplant

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21 Sep 2026 at 09:16

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Blood and Transplant procured contingent labour services for temporary multidisciplinary healthcare staffing. The requirement supports continuity of the organisation’s activities, covers short-term workforce needs and recruitment gaps, and provides additional staff when operational demand fluctuates. Personnel are supplied on an as-required basis under a call-off contract. The work falls within temporary personnel supply services and is categorised as a service requirement. Delivery is associated with NHS Blood and Transplant’s site at North Bristol Park, Bristol, and the wider requirement covers England. This is therefore relevant to recruitment agencies, healthcare staffing providers and workforce suppliers able to provide suitably qualified multidisciplinary healthcare personnel for NHS operational requirements.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded following a selective procedure using a call-off from a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 7 September 2026 at 12:00. NHS Blood and Transplant awarded the contract to REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED on 18 September 2026. The awarded value is £20,000. The contract period runs from 21 October 2026 to 30 June 2027. The evaluation basis recorded for this award is the framework call-off procedure. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The award is active, and the procurement concerns temporary multidisciplinary healthcare staffing supplied as required rather than a permanent workforce appointment.

For suppliers that did not win, this award demonstrates a defined NHS Blood and Transplant requirement for flexible, multidisciplinary healthcare staffing delivered through a framework call-off. A credible competitor would need access to a dependable pool of appropriately qualified healthcare professionals, the ability to respond to short-term workforce gaps and changing operational demand, and recruitment and compliance processes capable of supplying staff when required. Experience supporting continuity in healthcare operations would strengthen a supplier’s position, as would the capacity to manage varied professional disciplines rather than a single staffing category. Recruitment businesses, specialist healthcare agencies, SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises with those capabilities are the closest fit for this buyer’s requirement when it next comes to market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Contingent Labour - Multidisciplinary Temporary Healthcare

Notice Description

Provision of contingent labour services to support NHS Blood and Transplant. The contract provides temporary multidisciplinary healthcare staffing resources to maintain continuity of activities, address short-term workforce requirements, support recruitment gaps, and respond to fluctuations in operational demand. Staff are supplied on an as-required basis under the terms of the call-off contract.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-6558bcb2-3d29-464a-8140-5767c4aac368
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b9b59aea-5da7-4334-9089-ddc74c32dcc4
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£20,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£20,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
21 Oct 2026 - 30 Jun 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS Blood and Transplant
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS34 7QH
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Filton
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED

Further Information

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