DHSC:RFI Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

The Contract consists of 9 work programmes covering workforce policy which are agreed on an annual basis.

The work programmes are as follows:

Work Programme 1: Pay and Contracts 

Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply Education, skills, and redesign of workforce  

Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment  

Work Programme 4: Workforce Supply and Retention  

Work Programme 5: Pensions and total reward   

Work Programme 6: Employment services   

Work Programme 7: Staff Experience   

Work Programme 8: Staff Engagement including Social Partnership Forum (SPF)   

Work Programme 9: Communications  

DHSC is issuing this RFI to gain additional information from potential suppliers to ensure the successful future tender exercise for an Employers' Services Organisation Contract for the NHS in England.

To also inform the market of an early market engagement exercise which is available to any organisations which has knowledge and experience of the deliverables.

The primary focus of the feedback is to:

• Gain a better understanding of supplier appetite and current market ability to deliver the requirements.
• Current market pricing standards
• Gain knowledge of potential Key Performance Indicators and corresponding reporting to measure the success of the Contract delivery.
• Understand the indicative budget for each Work Programme is feasible to deliver the requirements successfully to a high quality

Market Engagement Event will take place virtually week commencing 17th June 2024.

To access the RFI Document which includes a more detailed Service Description.

register at:

https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome.

The Atamis reference for this RFI is C283162.

For any Atamis queries email to: …@atamis.co.uk or via Helpdesk Phone: 0800 9956035

Please return your completed RFI no later than Monday 3rd June at 15:00.

To register your interest for the Market Engagement Event please use the messaging platform within the Atamis reference C238162 by Monday 3rd June at 15:00 to ensure you are included in the Market Engagement. Please include contact details (name and email address of each person wishing to join the Market Engagement. Maximum 2 people for each organisation. Joining details for the market engagement will be issued on Tuesday 4th June 2024.

NOTE: For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming DHSC procurement and seek feedback from the market that may inform the final specification and/or procurement approach to the services.