Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services

HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE)

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01 May 2025 at 16:42

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10 Jan 2025 at 15:10

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05 Dec 2024 at 12:03

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services" was conducted by HealthTrust Europe LLP on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This public procurement sought expressions of interest for services under the industry category "Supply services of personnel including temporary staff". Contracts were awarded in March 2025, covering four different lots: Managed Bank Solutions, Managed Agency Solutions, Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation Solutions, and Bundled Strategic Workforce Services, under an open procedure. The main location for this procurement is the UK, and the procurement has been completed as of the latest update.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses, especially those specialising in workforce management and optimisation services. Companies with capabilities in providing flexible and temporary worker solutions, as well as workforce consultancy, could see growth potential. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), along with larger enterprises that can serve as Prime Contractors with sub-contractual relationships, would be well-suited to compete under the structured lots of this procurement, with numerous suppliers already benefiting from active contracts in these service areas. The framework allows businesses to engage with various public sector entities within the UK, catering to needs in health and social care, thereby broadening market access and business growth opportunities.

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Notice Title

Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services

Notice Description

HTE, on behalf of Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust placed a Contract Notice in the Find a Tender ("FTS") seeking expressions of interest for the provision of the agreement of Managed Bank, Managed Agency & Workforce Efficiency Solutions, which comprises of 4 Lots, as listed below: * Lot 2a (Managed Bank Solutions) enables Participating Authorities to access Suppliers who are capable of providing one or more staff groups of Flexible Workers through deployment of a Managed Bank. * Lot 2b (Managed Agency Solutions) facilitating access to Suppliers providing Temporary Workers and operating as a Prime Contractor via appropriate Sub-Contractor relationships with Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies. * Lot 2c (Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation Solutions) enables Participating Authorities to access Suppliers who are capable of providing workforce efficiency and optimisation solutions, that includes but is not limited to Bank and Agency Demand Solutions, Direct Engagement Services and Workforce Consultancy Support. * Lot 2d (Bundled Strategic Workforce Services) enables Suppliers awarded to both of Lots 2a and 2b to combine the provision of all the awarded Services under a single contract.

Lot Information

Managed Bank Solutions

Enabling the provision of Flexible Workers through deployment of a Managed Bank solution, the permissible scope of Lot 2a requires Suppliers to provide an outsourced or part outsourced staffing solution for the provision of one or more staff groups of Flexible Workers as detailed in the Specification, manage existing Flexible Workers within the Participating Authority (including staff transfers and transfer terms of employment under TUPE as applicable to the type of service required), introduce new Flexible Workers from the Supplier's Flexible Worker pool or through new candidate attraction to the Managed Bank, offer a software system that cascades any unfilled bank vacancies to Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies through an NHSE approved framework agreement (where the Participating Authority is part of the NHS), and undertake sourcing, engagement, administration and pre-employment screening in accordance with agreed contract terms and deliverables.

Managed Agency Solutions

Enabling the provision of Temporary Workers through deployment of a Managed Agency solution, the permissible scope of Lot 2b requires Suppliers to act as a Prime Contractor via appropriate Sub-Contractor relationships to manage Employment Businesses and/or Employment Agencies on behalf of the Participating Authority. Additionally successful bidders will be responsible for designing, scoping, implementing and developing a Managed Agency service offering across one or more of the staff groups of Temporary Worker as detailed in the Specification, provide on-site, dedicated resource and consultancy.

Workforce Efficiency & Optimisation Solutions

The scope of Lot 2c includes the supply of workforce efficiency and optimisation solutions, that includes but is not limited to Bank and Agency Demand Solutions and Direct Engagement Services. Awarded Suppliers will demonstrate capability of offering all required Core Services for both Bank and Agency Demand Solutions and Direct Engagement to a Participating Authority under Lot 2c, in accordance with the Specification

Bundled Strategic Workforce Services

This Lot allows suppliers award to two (2) or more of Lots 2a, 2b and 2c to combine the full service provision of those Lots under a single contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c285
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018574-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

79610000 - Placement services of personnel

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
£2,001,000,000 £1B-£10B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,051,000,000 £1B-£10B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 May 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jan 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Mar 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE)
Additional Buyers

HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B15 1NU
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Edgbaston
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
47
Supplier Names

Agile Workforce Services Limited

All suppliers awarded to Lots 2a and 2b

AppLocum Limited

Bloompage Consulting Limited t/a Access for Care

Carepro Ltd

Clarity Workforce Technology Ltd

Concept Care Solutions Ltd

Day Webster LTD

Digital Staff Solutions Ltd (t/a Florence)

Globe Locums Limited

HCRG Workforce & Sugarman Holdings Ltd

HireGenics Limited

Holt Medical Recruitment Limited

Hunter Gatherer AHP Resourcing LTD

ICG Medical Limited

ID Medical Group Limited

INTERACT MEDICAL LIMITED

Interact Medical Ltd

LOCUMTAP Limited (t/a Patchwork Health)

Liaison Financial Services Ltd

Litmus Workforce Solutions Ltd

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locums Nest Ltd

Matrix SCM Limited

Matter Stream Limited t/a Advanta Healthcare

Maxxima Limited

Medacs Healthcare Ltd

Medicure Professionals LTD

My Health Care Support Ltd

My Projectz Ltd

Mylocum Ltd

NHS Professionals Limited

Neuven Solutions Ltd

Orbtial Theory t/a Workforce Supply

Pertemps Medical Limited

Plus Us Workforce Services LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Pulse Healthcare Limited

Retinue Solutions Limited

SYNERGY GUARDS UK LTD

Softcat plc

TEYO LTD t/a Locums Passport

TXM Healthcare Limited

The Placement Group Healthcare Ltd.

Trends Healthcare Ltd

Your World Recruitment Limited

all suppliers awarded to Lot 2b and 2a

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