Published date: 17 June 2022

Last edited date: 17 June 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: 21 July 2022, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software development services - 72212100

  • Information technology services - 72222300

  • Supply services of nursing personnel - 79624000

    • Supply services of medical personnel - 79625000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£20,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0882000D0O000000rwimUAA2

Published date

17 June 2022

Closing date

21 July 2022

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

31 October 2022

Contract end date

30 October 2026

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England is conducting a framework procurement to implement Digital Flexible Pools for the deployment of sessional clinical capacity in primary care. This supports the delivery of Primary Care Flexible Staff Pools and will provide increased support to local systems in deploying their workforce.

Suppliers are invited to offer a digital solution, deployable in local areas of the country, which enables practices to post available sessions, with individuals easily indicating their availability and selecting sessions that suit them. The digital solution must be able to make or facilitate payments to the sessional clinicians and process payment information to a GP Practice. The digital solution must be able to meet the requirements as outlined in the service specification.

Primarily Digital Flexible Pools will focus on the deployment of GPs, but will also be required to support the deployment of other sessional clinical and sessional non-clinical primary care roles as required locally.

The service will be awarded as a framework for the use of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and other relevant Authorities as defined within the tender documentation, and it is anticipated that a maximum of 8 suppliers will be awarded contracts. The framework will be for an initial duration of 24 months, with a possible extension of a further 24 months.

The procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of NHS England. Interested suppliers will be able to view the tender opportunity via the Atamis website.

To access the tender documentation suppliers will need to 'express an interest' and register on the Atamis system. Bidders are required to respond directly within Atamis and attach any requested documents separately in the placeholders provided by the specified date and time of no later than 9am on 21st July 2022.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NHSE Flexible Pools

  • Opportunity
  • Published 17 June 2022

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Pingstone

Address

South Plaza, Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS1 3NX
GB

Email

michael.pingstone@nhs.net