Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- The NHS Confederation SME
- Value
- £23,250,205
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
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 b…
About the supplier
The NHS Confederation: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04358614).