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DHSC: FGO: Simplify & Deliver - recruitment process improvement support

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE

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15 Dec 2025 at 14:53

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department of Health & Social Care has awarded a contract for consultancy services titled "DHSC: FGO: Simplify & Deliver – recruitment process improvement support," under the industry category of Business and Management Consultancy Services. This procurement process, classified as direct and conducted without competition due to being below the threshold, was finalised with the supplier CANVS LTD based in London, United Kingdom. The contract commenced on 15th December 2025 and will run until 15th February 2026, with a gross value of £29,640. This initiative is part of a broader programme to optimise internal recruitment processes within the department and leverage digital systems for enhanced efficiency.

The awarded contract presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in rapid process improvement and digital system integration, particularly those in business consultancy. The project calls for preparing and delivering process improvements in a live environment, offering scope for high-impact skills in technology integration and change management. Companies with expertise in these areas can find promising growth prospects by providing solutions that address inefficiency and deliver measurable enhancements to recruitment processes within governmental frameworks.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DHSC: FGO: Simplify & Deliver - recruitment process improvement support

Notice Description

The Simplify and Deliver programme aims to improve how our department operates in order to become more effective. Ministers, the Permanent Secretary and our own staff have cited the need to overcome unnecessary bureaucracy and inefficient processes, dismantle siloes, empower teams and make better use of supporting technology. The programme is proceeding through three phases: a) assess and prioritise the biggest opportunities for change alongside delivering some simpler changes, b) co-design harder changes, test and learn with a number of teams across the department before c) using these teams to support wider adoption of successful changes. This requirement relates to one of our simpler changes, to streamline the process for internal recruitment in the department. This has been prioritised by a network of staff as a key challenge, and is high impact as most teams engage in it. Improvements could save significant amounts of time and speed up delivery by weeks. However, internally in DHSC we do not have many people with skills and experience in rapid process improvement, or with the ability to simultaneously make changes to digital systems to deliver improvements quickly. We are proposing to use specialist skills to support this process over a period of 5-6 weeks. Objectives of the work: * Prepare for process improvement of internal recruitment through understanding current process, stakeholders, digital systems, constraints, data collection/analysis * Run a rapid improvement event to take process from current to improved state in a 'live' environment (i.e. improving the systems as the event progresses), where the new process is measurably faster and to a higher quality * Conduct any follow up activity to ensure new process can be fully embedded

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f5e9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082973-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£24,700 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Dec 20252 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Dec 20252 months ago
Contract Period
15 Dec 2025 - 15 Feb 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Contact Name
Joe Smith
Contact Email
joe.smith1@dhsc.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 0EU
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CANVS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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