Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9RT
Contact
Remmy Kamya
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
National registration number
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Clinical Staffing Framework (2023)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS London Procurement Partnership are preparing to develop a new Framework Agreement for the Provision of Clinical Staffing Services to replace the current framework agreement, which is soon to expire.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £5,500,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
Main site or place of performance
SE1 4YB
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) as lead contract authority on behalf of the NHS Workforce Alliance, are preparing to develop a new framework to replace the soon to expire RM6161 Clinical Staffing Framework.
NHS LPP are looking for input from Clinical Temporary Staffing suppliers to inform their new framework to ensure fitness for purpose over the next four years. As such all suppliers are invited to a webinar being held on 31st October. To register for this event, please use the following Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/415276472107.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice – 9th January 2023
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
26 September 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
NHS London Procurement Partnership as lead contract authority on behalf of the workforce alliance, are preparing to develop a new framework to replace the soon to expire RM6161 Clinical Staffing Framework agreement. The current framework has a lotting structure breakdown by staff group, Lot 1 – Nursing and Midwifery, Lot 2 – Medical and Dentistry, Lot 3 – Allied Health Professionals & Health Science Services, Lot 4 – Emergency Services, Lot 5 – Social Care Staffing, Lot 6 – Neutral Vendor.
NHS LPP are looking for input from clinical temporary staffing suppliers to inform their new framework to ensure fitness for purpose. In addition to registering for the webinar being held on 31st October (details for registration can be found in section ‘Description of the procurement’, above), we would appreciate if you can respond to the following questions:
1. What are the latest innovations in temporary staffing that you feel should be reflected in the specification for these services to add value for participating authorities?
2. What key outstanding issues do you think we should address in the next iteration of the Clinical Staffing Framework
3. In the case of direct engagement – is it more common for your organisation to supply staff and use an existing customer IT platform or supply staff with a technology IT platform hosted by your organisation?
4. In the next framework, we are considering adding an additional lot for smaller, niche staffing areas such as substance misuse, CAMHS etc. Are there any additional staffing roles you think we should consider for this lot?
5. As you may be aware, there is a requirement for NHS tenders to include Social Value as a selection criterion, can you provide details on your Social Value capabilities so that we can include this in the next framework?
6. Do you have any additional comments/ suggestions for the new Clinical Staffing Framework?
***Please respond with your answers through Atamis messaging portal by 31st October, 2022
Should you experience any Technical difficulty, please contact Remmy.Kamya@lpp.nhs.uk