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title: "Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services"
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# Total Workforce Solutions III: Strategic Workforce Services

Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c285

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018574-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Jan 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,000,000,000 |
| Lots value | £2,001,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,051,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |
| Locality | EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B15 1NU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Edgbaston |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79610000 - Placement services of personnel
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 1 May 2025 at 16:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018574-2025
- 10 Jan 2025 at 15:10 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000881-2025
- 5 Dec 2024 at 12:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039217-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk/

## Provenance

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