4 notices from official UK procurement sources · last import 22 Aug 2026
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · North West England
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Neutral Vendor to provide a fully managed service for the supply of Clinical Workforce (Agency provision) across its sites.<br/>The appointed Neutral Vendor will be responsible for the sourcing, and fulfilment of temporary agency clinical staffing requirements, acting as an intermediary between the Trust and a diverse range of approved staffing agencies, including as a facilitator for a system to manage agencies. The service will support the Trust in maintaining safe staffing levels, ensuring continuity of care, and delivering value for money.<br/>The Supplier will not source Flexible Workers but will provide the software to assist with the booking of the Trust's Flexible Workers, processing of timesheets and payment through the Supplier’s portal.<br/><br/>The Supplier shall provide an electronic booking system which will be available 24 hours/day, 365 days per year, from the commencement of the Contract. The supplier’s systems must include an auditable rostering software system able to accommodate, roster and manage multiple staff groups and activity, which is interoperable with other systems within the Trust.<br/>This solution must maintain a complete audit trail of system access, bookings, amendments, approvals, timesheet submissions and payment activities.<br/>The Supplier shall offer a Direct Engagement service that offers the Contracting Authority specified VAT and process efficiencies to on-board, process and off board all applicable Temporary Worker in alignment to legislation and HR policies.<br/><br/>The scope of services includes, but is not limited to:<br/>Provision of temporary clinical staff across a range of disciplines and grades.<br/>Management of a compliant and high-quality agency supply chain.<br/>Implementation of robust governance, assurance, and framework compliance measures (e.g. monitoring of agency compliance, right to work, mandatory training, IR35 compliance and professional registration).<br/>Delivery of real-time workforce management, booking, and reporting systems.<br/>The Provider should provide a system that ensures software functionality, a system portal for bookings, provision of direct and non-direct engagement staff costing data.<br/>The Software must have Electronic Communication Functionality with other Software within the Trust.<br/>The supplier’s systems must include an auditable rostering software system able to accommodate, roster and manage multiple staff groups and activity, which is interoperable with other systems within the Trust.<br/>The Supplier shall offer a Direct Engagement service that offers the Contracting Authority specified VAT and process efficiencies to on-board, process and off board all applicable Temporary Worker in alignment to legislation and HR policies.<br/><br/>The Neutral Vendor will be expected to work collaboratively with the Trust to:<br/>Ensure compliance with NHS workforce regulations<br/>Establish a scalable and resilient workforce supply model that supports current and future business requirements across all Contracting Authority locations.<br/>Ensure timely fulfilment of workforce requirements through agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).<br/>Maintain full compliance with employment legislation, right-to-work requirements, agency worker regulations, and relevant industry standards.<br/>Provide IR35 guidance for Temporary and Flexible Workers to the Trust.<br/>Ensure timely payment of both agency and bank workers.<br/>Maintain current 80% of direct engagement or increase utilisation to 90%.<br/>Ensure Supplier systems are interoperable with the current systems within the Trust.<br/>The service will operate across all NCIC sites, with flexibility to accommodate future service changes, expansion, or rationalisation in line with organisational and system-wide requirements.
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board · North West England
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is seeking to commission The Provision of Lancashire and South Cumbria Adult Teledermatology Service. The overall aim of the services (SkinHub, image capture spoke sites and Central Virtual Triage) is to deliver a pre-secondary care referral teledermatology pathway, delivered closer to patients' homes, whilst maintaining effective triage of teledermoscopy images taken on USC pathways in LSC Trusts. The term of the contract will be for a duration of three years, which is intended to run from the expected services commencement date of approx. January 2027 (contract start date to be agreed) until approx. January 2030 with the possibility of contract extensions, at the discretion of the Relevant Authority, of up to a total of two years from approx. February 2030 to approx. February 2032. The anticipated, maximum total contract value (including any potential extensions) is £13,400,000. Indicative overall maximum total contract value is made of £7,100,000 for the three years of contract and £6,300,000 for the two-year extension. For full details of the Service and any additional information regarding this Procurement please see link to the Specification and Invitation to Tender documentation that can be accessed via SAP Ariba reference Doc3193487409. https://portal.us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/public/appext/comsapsbncdiscoveryui#/RfxEvent/preview/1110016880?anId=ANONYMOUS
NHS England · South West England; North West England; North East England
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England (referred to as the Authority), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to respond to this Competitive Process for the provision of a Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) Service for the South-West,<br/>North-West and North-East regions (initial pilot service) including the Clinical Regional Multi-Disciplinary Team, as part of a jointly commissioned HMPPS-NHS England care pathway.<br/><br/>This competitive process is a re-run of the MMPSA procurement published on 14th May 2026. <br/><br/>The reason for abandoning the initial exercise was due to Commissioners discovering an inconsistency in relation to the financial standing assessment methodology and have now corrected the issue. <br/><br/>The documentation remains as it was previously, with the exception of the following documents which have been updated:<br/>• Document 1:<br/>o 1.4 & 1.5 – mobilisation wording amended<br/>o 2.2 – timeline with dates amended<br/>o 6.9.1 – document table (to include Document 7 – Financial Capability and Capacity Assessment (subsequent document re-numbered) and the inclusion of Documents 10a, b and c - bidder event slides, Q& A log and Clarification Log from the previous project)<br/>• Question E.01 of the Basic Selection Criteria Questionnaire and removal of E.01a.<br/>• Addition of question A.11 in the Basic Selection Criteria Questionnaire to indicate which Lot(s) Providers are bidding for.<br/><br/>The service is being commissioned under the following Lots:<br/>Lot 1 - MMPSA Service: South-West<br/>Lot 2 - MMPSA Service: North-West<br/>Lot 3 - MMPSA Service: North-East<br/><br/>To participate in the Competitive Process, please register and access documentation via the Atamis (Health Family) portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome<br/>Should providers have any queries, or have problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk<br/><br/>The response deadline is 12pm, midday, on Wednesday 16th September 2026 and the project reference in Atamis is C461163.
Cheshire West and Chester Council · North West England
Healthy Child Programme The objective of the service is to deliver the healthy child programme to all babies, children and young people aged 0 to 19, or up to the age of 25 for care leavers and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The age criteria cover 0 years to 18 years and 364 days - up to a child's 19th birthday or 24 years and 364 days up to a child's 25th birthday. This is the national delivery model by which public health nursing services are provided. The aims of the healthy child programme are to: • ensure a healthy start to life • identify and address health needs early • prevent health problems • support school readiness and learning • protect children and families • promote health equity Tendered under PSR competitive process. For the avoidance of doubt PA23 and PCR2015 do not apply.