Published date: 15 December 2022

Last edited date: 15 December 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative healthcare services - 75122000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

CF-1231900D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

15 December 2022

Closing date

16 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS England would like to tender for the services of an organisation to design and deliver a national recruitment initiative which includes the development of an applicant database for existing and future IPS roles, standardized materials for the advertising of roles along with delivery of innovative recruitment practices with IPS providers to fill vacancies for Employment Specialists within Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services.
This programme will support urgently needed expansion of MH workforce to recover the LTP commitment around access to IPS employment support. The national recruitment programme will help MH employers to identify and recruit suitable candidates outside of the traditional MH workforce for existing and future IPS roles.
This contract is to start in early February and run until 31 March 2025.
This procurement process is being managed by the Atamis system. To access the procurement documents or raise any queries please go to the following link https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click on 'View our Live Opportunities'.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Recruitment Pilot for Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 December 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Janice Brodie

Address

Quarry House
Leeds
LS2 7UE
United Kingdom

Email

janice.brodie@nhs.net