NHS Workforce Alliance Health Workforce Solutions

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Awarded value

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Suppliers

27 SME

Lots

1 awarded

Published

12 Feb 2026

Description

The NHS, and other public sector organisations, use external suppliers to support workforce and recruitment programs. CCS, in partnership with the NHS procurement hubs, operates as the NHS Workforce Alliance and currently has a portfolio of frameworks that offer different routes and models for additional staff and resources. This agreement will offer sustainable and flexible workforce solutions for all staffing areas via a range of services, including delivery of outsourced staff banks, managed service solutions, temporary and permanent recruitment solutions, tailored workforce management plans to meet individual customer needs and technology services to provide customers with platforms to manage solutions effectively. This agreement will replace the current Managed Staff Banks (RM6278) and Workforce Improvement Services (RM6163) agreements and will support the NHS and other public sector organisations to implement more strategic contracts to deliver more cost effective workforce solutions. This agreement will not replace existing agency staffing agreements, including Non-Clinical Staffing (RM6277) and National Framework for the Provision of Clinical and Healthcare Staffing (RM6281), and will not directly enable the provision of transactional agency supply in isolation.

Scope

Reference: RM6380
Commercial tool: Standalone contract
Contract dates: 22 Jan 2026 to 21 Jan 2029
CPV classifications: 79610000
79620000
Contract locations: UK, United Kingdom
GG, Guernsey
IM, Isle of Man
JE, Jersey
AI, Anguilla
BM, Bermuda
FK, Falkland Islands
GS, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
IO, British Indian Ocean Territory
KY, Cayman Islands
MS, Montserrat
PN, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
SH, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
TC, Turks and Caicos Islands
VG, British Virgin Islands
Particular suitability: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

Name	Description	Type	Weighting
Social value - Tackling Economic Inequality	The weighting of this criteria is 10% of quality. You must read Attachment 2d Quality questionnaire for the details of this question’s requirement, response guidance and marking scheme.	quality	—
Delivering Workforce Efficiencies	The weighting of this criteria is 30% of quality. You must read the Attachment 2d Quality questionnaire for the details of this question’s requirement, response guidance and marking scheme.	quality	—
Contract Implementation	The weighting of this criteria is 30% of quality. You must read the Attachment 2d Quality questionnaire for the details of this question’s requirement, response guidance and marking scheme.	quality	—
Agency supply chain management	The weighting of this criteria is 30% of quality. You must read the Attachment 2d Quality questionnaire for the details of this question’s requirement, response guidance and marking scheme.	quality	—
Price	The tender price submitted will be divided by the quality score to determine the Price per Quality Point for the tender.	price	—

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

The conditions of participation relating to the legal and financial capacity are set out in the ITT, in the procurement specific questionnaire. The conditions of participation will be assessed in accordance with the assessment methodologies detailed in the procurement specific questionnaire and Attachment 2 How to tender.

The conditions of participation relating to technical capability are set out in the ITT, in the procurement specific questionnaire. The conditions of participation will be assessed in accordance with the assessment methodologies detailed in the procurement specific questionnaire and Attachment 2 How to tender.