Planning

Clinical Staffing Framework (2023)

NHS LONDON PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP (HOSTED BY GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FT)

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Planning

14 Oct 2022 at 14:37

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The NHS London Procurement Partnership, hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, is planning a tender for a Clinical Staffing Framework (2023) with a value of £5.5 billion. The procurement process is in the planning stage with a future notice date set for January 9, 2023. The contract period is from July 19, 2023, to July 18, 2027. The opportunity is classified under recruitment services and includes supply services of personnel, business services, and health services. The tender is suitable for SMEs, and the buying organisation is seeking input from clinical temporary staffing suppliers to help shape the new framework.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in clinical temporary staffing services to engage with the NHS London Procurement Partnership and potentially secure long-term contracts. Suppliers interested in innovation in temporary staffing, social value capabilities, and addressing key issues in clinical staffing are encouraged to participate. The tender aims to foster collaboration and input from suppliers to ensure the framework meets the needs of participating authorities over the next four years. Interested parties should register for the upcoming webinar on October 31, 2022, and respond to the outlined questions by the deadline of October 31, 2022.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Clinical Staffing Framework (2023)

Notice Description

NHS London Procurement Partnership as lead contract authority on behalf of the workforce alliance, are preparing to develop a new framework to replace the soon to expire RM6161 Clinical Staffing Framework agreement. The current framework has a lotting structure breakdown by staff group, Lot 1 - Nursing and Midwifery, Lot 2 - Medical and Dentistry, Lot 3 - Allied Health Professionals & Health Science Services, Lot 4 - Emergency Services, Lot 5 - Social Care Staffing, Lot 6 - Neutral Vendor. NHS LPP are looking for input from clinical temporary staffing suppliers to inform their new framework to ensure fitness for purpose. In addition to registering for the webinar being held on 31st October (details for registration can be found in section 'Description of the procurement', above), we would appreciate if you can respond to the following questions: 1. What are the latest innovations in temporary staffing that you feel should be reflected in the specification for these services to add value for participating authorities? 2. What key outstanding issues do you think we should address in the next iteration of the Clinical Staffing Framework 3. In the case of direct engagement - is it more common for your organisation to supply staff and use an existing customer IT platform or supply staff with a technology IT platform hosted by your organisation? 4. In the next framework, we are considering adding an additional lot for smaller, niche staffing areas such as substance misuse, CAMHS etc. Are there any additional staffing roles you think we should consider for this lot? 5. As you may be aware, there is a requirement for NHS tenders to include Social Value as a selection criterion, can you provide details on your Social Value capabilities so that we can include this in the next framework? 6. Do you have any additional comments/ suggestions for the new Clinical Staffing Framework? ***Please respond with your answers through Atamis messaging portal by 31st October, 2022 NHS LPP are looking for input from Clinical Temporary Staffing suppliers to inform their new framework to ensure fitness for purpose over the next four years. As such all suppliers are invited to a webinar being held on 31st October. To register for this event, please use the following Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/415276472107. Should you experience any Technical difficulty, please contact Remmy.Kamya@lpp.nhs.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-cc7d188e-29be-4619-b3eb-24d6b09767b2
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/27e10662-c6c0-407f-8979-8c9bbba74a64
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79600000 - Recruitment services

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,500,000,000 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
9 Jan 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Jul 2023 - 18 Jul 2027 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS LONDON PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP (HOSTED BY GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FT)
Contact Name
Remmy Kamya
Contact Email
remmy.kamya@lpp.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
GREATER LONDON
Postcode
SE1 4YB
Post Town
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Chaucer
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Further Information

Notice Documents

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