Recruitment services

Tender description

HealthTrust Europe (HTE) intend to establish a framework for the provision of Total Workforce Solutions. The scope of this framework agreement includes the supply of Rostering software; Demand Management software; Managed Bank and Collaborative Bank services; the recruitment and supply of staff on a temporary, fixed-term and permanent basis. The staff will include Medical Locums and General Practitioners, Nursing and Care Services workers, Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Service workers; Non-Medical, Non-Clinical (NMNC) and Executive workers; and Direct Engagement and Associated Services. HealthTrust Europe is a group purchasing organisation who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (‘UHCW’). Notwithstanding HealthTrust Europe's relationship with UHCW, it is HealthTrust Europe that will conduct this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with the successful bidders. This tender exercise is for the benefit of all public and voluntary bodies listed further below in this Section II.1.5) — For the avoidance of doubt, UHCW is Not carrying out this tender — your point of contact is HTE using the details given in Section I.1) — The public and voluntary sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In particular, it is envisaged that this framework agreement will be used by the following entities in the United Kingdom as described below (particularly where such entities are of a health and/or social care nature): (1) All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to: (i) acute trusts (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx); (ii) health and care trusts (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx); (iii) mental health trusts (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx); (v) ambulance trusts (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx); (vi) area teams (a list of which can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities (http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx); (viii) NHS England (formerly the NHS Commissioning Board); and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks. (2) All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all: (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (a list of which can be found at: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure). (3) All NHS bodies in Scotland, including but not limited to: (i) NHS trusts; (ii) Special NHS Boards; and (iii) national and support organisations (a list of which can be found at: http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/nat_orgs.aspx). (4) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health and Social Care), including but not limited to: (i) health and social care trusts (a list of which can be found at: http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts); (ii) health agencies (a list of which can be found at: http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=agencies); (iii) hospitals (a list of which can be found at: http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=hospitals) and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board. (5) All social enterprises undertaking some or all of what were previously the service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies as listed on the Companies House Web-check service). (6) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (a list of which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations). (7) Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the United Kingdom, including but not limited the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (a list of which can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (a list of which can be found at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/localauthorities/?lang=en). (8) All local authorities (a list of which can be found at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1). (9) All emergency services including police (http://www.police.uk/forces.htm), fire and rescue services (a list of which can be found at: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs), the maritime and coastguard agency and other rescue authorities. (10) All educational establishments (a list of which can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase). (11) Registered providers of social housing on a not for profit basis (a list of which can be found at: http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/ourwork/registered-provider-information). (12) Registered charities (a list of which can be found at: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities). (13) Her Majesty's Prison Service (as detailed at: www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps) (14) The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence). The above list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and any associated organisations created as a result of any organisational changes. In addition, the use of this framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the United Kingdom which are of a health and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisations. ‘Please note additional information is given about this tender exercise at Section VI.3)’