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ClosedStage · preprocurement

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

DHSC:RFI Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

HealthcareCPV 85100000
Value£20.0m
Deadline3 Jun 2024
Published3 May 2024
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 3 May 2024ClosedCloses 3 Jun 2024
Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£21.6m

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The brief

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

The Contract consists of 9 work programmes covering workforce policy which are agreed on an annual basis.

The work programmes are as follows: Work Programme 1: Pay and Contracts Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply Education, skills, and redesign of workforce Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment Work Programme 4: Workforce Supply and Retention Work Programme 5: Pensions and total reward Work Programme 6: Employment services Work Programme 7: Staff Experience Work Programme 8: Staff Engagement including Social Partnership Forum (SPF) Work Programme 9: Communications DHSC is issuing this RFI to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful future tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

To also inform the market of an early market engagement exercise which is available to any organisations which has knowledge and experience of the deliverables.

The primary focus of the feedback is to: - Gain a better understanding of supplier appetite and current market ability to deliver the requirements. - Current market pricing standards - Gain knowledge of potential Key Performance Indicators and corresponding reporting to measure the success of the Contract delivery. - Understand the indicative budget for each Work Programme is feasible to deliver the requirements successfully to a high quality Market Engagement Event will take place virtually week commencing 17th June 2024.

To access the RFI Document which includes a more detailed Service Description. register at: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome.

The Atamis reference for this RFI is C283162.

For any Atamis queries email to: support-health@atamis.co.uk or via Helpdesk Phone: 0800 9956035 Please return your completed RFI no later than Monday 3rd June at 15:00.

To register your interest for the Market Engagement Event please use the messaging platform within the Atamis reference C238162 by Monday 3rd June at 15:00 to ensure you are included in the Market Engagement.

Please include contact details (name and email address of each person wishing to join the Market Engagement.

Maximum 2 people for each organisation.

Joining details for the market engagement will be issued on Tuesday 4th June 2024.

NOTE: For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming DHSC procurement and seek feedback from the market that may inform the final specification and/or procurement approach to the services.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This Request for Information (RFI) is

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

02

Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply Education, skills

Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply Education, skills, and redesign of workforce.

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Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment

Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment.

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Work Programme 4: Workforce Supply and Retention

Work Programme 4: Workforce Supply and Retention.

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DHSC is issuing this RFI to gain

DHSC is issuing this RFI to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful future tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

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