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Department of Health and Social Care

DHSC: Employers' Organisation Services Contract

Business ServicesCPV 79410000
Value£23.3m
Deadline31 Dec 2025
Published15 Jan 2026
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 15 Jan 2026ClosedCloses 31 Dec 2025
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£23.3mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£25.1m

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The brief

This contract is to support workforce policy development within DHSC across the NHS in England This Contract will consist of 8 work programmes covering workforce policy which will be agreed on an annual basis.

The proposed work programmes are as follows: Work Programme 1: Pay and Contracts Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply: (a) medical expansion and reform, (b) clinical expansion and (c) new roles.

Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment Work Programme 4: Pensions and Total Reward Work Programme 5: Employment Practice and Safe Recruitment Work Programme 6: Staff Experience and Retention Work Programme 7: Staff Engagement including Social Partnership Forum (SPF) Work Programme 8: Professional Standards The aims of this contract are to: Support the NHS with the development, implementation and delivery of workforce policies Build and maintain networks with NHS senior workforce leaders Execute the deliverables detailed in Work Programmes 1-8 inclusive on an annual basis Respond and action any ad hoc requirements of DHSC i.e., any changes in legislation or to reflect any changes in ministerial/DHSC priority over the course of the year.

This contract is for a initial 3 years with a 2 year extension option that can be triggered upon mutual agreement between DHSC and NHS Confederation.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This contract is to support workforce policy

This contract is to support workforce policy development within DHSC across the NHS in England.

02

Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply: (a) medical

Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply: (a) medical expansion and reform, (b) clinical expansion and (c) new roles.

03

Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment

Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment.

04

Support the NHS with the development, implementation

Support the NHS with the development, implementation and delivery of workforce policies.

05

Build and maintain networks with NHS senior

Build and maintain networks with NHS senior workforce leaders.

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