Tender

Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place

IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

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Tender

11 Jun 2025 at 09:05

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Improvement and Development Agency has initiated a tender process for "Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place," focused on health and social work services in the United Kingdom. This procurement, under the UK Public Authority—Sub-central Government category, seeks to address workforce planning in councils assessed as inadequate or requiring improvement. The procurement stage is currently active, with the tender period ending on 2nd July 2025 and the enquiry period closing on 23rd June 2025. The contract is valued at £74,700 gross, employing an open procurement method below threshold with criteria emphasising quality (80%) and price (20%). Claire Gladwell is the contact point at the Agency, located in Westminster, London.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in health and workforce consulting to engage in strategic workforce planning and offer improvement support to local councils. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) will find this project particularly suitable, as the contract prioritises one workforce transformation in neighbourhoods or places. The successful contractor will work alongside PCH to provide targeted support, aiding up to 15 places in the UK. This collaboration could drive impactful changes in workforce planning and offer potential extensions beyond the initial contract period, fostering sustainable business growth.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place

Notice Description

The Governments 10 year Health Plan aims to deliver three shifts - hospital to community, analogue to digital and sickness to prevention - that will ensure that health and social care are fit for the future. A well resourced and supported workforce will be central to government delivering these shifts. Planning for a workforce to deliver these shifts in a neighbourhood or place requires different skills to traditional workforce planning and not all councils yet have the skills or confidence to do this. Requests for support from PCH for strategic workforce planning have increased since 2023, including requests for support at regional as well as placed based level. DHSC require PCH to prioritise support to those councils being assessed as 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' in the CQC assessment process. Many of these councils identify workforce planning as an area for improvement under the 'providing support' theme. A contractor is being commissioned to work with PCH to provide targeted support to councils, neighbourhoods or places to develop impactful strategic workforce plans that will drive improvement locally and support the delivery of the governments three shifts. The objective of the support is to help up to 15 places, which may be regions, individual councils, neighbourhoods or places defined by local health and care leaders in ICB's, to develop a strategic workforce plan that will bring impactful change. This will include addressing short term workforce challenges as well as considering longer term transformation to move towards one workforce in a place. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services./CM53V3TJYR To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/CM53V3TJYR

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The buyer is entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the contract period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to six months. Please note extension is not bound by geographical location.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05466c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031424-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£62,250 Under £100K
Lots Value
£62,250 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Jun 20258 months ago
Submission Deadline
2 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
14 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Contact Name
Claire Gladwell
Contact Email
claire.gladwell@local.gov.uk
Contact Phone
07768392010

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3HZ
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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