NHS Workforce Alliance Framework Agreement for Insourced Services to support the provision of Healthcare Services by NHS and other public bodies (including Clinical Services)

Concepts

• health services
• sheffield
• nhs workforce alliance
• nhs workforce alliance framework agreement
• clinical services
• healthcare services
• insourced clinical services lot
• nhs organisations
• nhs workforce alliance partners
• insourced services

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, as the Authority on behalf of NHS Workforce Alliance are looking to establish a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Insourcing of Health Services for use by NHS organisations or their equivalent organisation in England, Wales (Healthcare Inspectorate Wales), Scotland (The Care Inspectorate) and Northern Ireland (Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority), and Central Government/Local Authority where applicable. NHS Workforce Alliance partners include: • NHS Commercial Solutions • East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub • NHS London Procurement Partnership • NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative • Crown Commercial Service The framework aims to deliver compliant and high quality patient focused healthcare by providing access to a wide variety of insourced service solutions in support of the delivery of the governments initiative to reduce waiting times for patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, and to deliver an extra 40,000 elective appointments per week. Services are to be provided on trusts own premises, using trusts own equipment and facilities, typically utilising spare, out of hours, or spare capacity. This can be used in addition to the trusts existing provisions, with the intention to bolster service outputs and improve efficiency. These insourced services are typically provided by medical or clinical providers who can provide the specialist capabilities required to deliver an end-to-end service, including clinical governance and oversight. This Framework Agreement for ‘healthcare Services’ falls under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 “PSR2023”. This framework agreement and its operational features, including the re-opening of the framework agreement at intervals throughout the life of the framework, have been designed in line with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, with requirements aligned to the Key Criteria as set out under Regulation 5. The framework agreement shall be awarded under two Lots: Lot 1 – Insourced Clinical Services Lot 2 – Managed Service Provision See ITT for full details

Lot Division

Renewal Options

The entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NOE CPC include any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, including any of the Crown Dependencies and NHS Collaborative Procurement Organisations: The NHS in England (National Health Service for the United Kingdom) including but not limited to: Foundation Trusts, Acute (Hospital) Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Care Trusts listed at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) https://www.england.nhs.uk/system-and-organisational-oversight/system-directory/ Integrated Care Boards (ICB’s) https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/ Department of Health: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health Arm’s Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-contact-department-of-health-a... Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and their individual constituent organisations: https://www.england.nhs.uk/category/stp/ NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ Organisation involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services, GP consortia, GP Practices and any other provider of primary medical services who are a party to any of the following contracts: - General Medical Services (GMS) - Personal Medical Services (PMS) - Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) The NHS in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland including but not limited to Primary care services - GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services at: NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales): including but not limited to Welsh Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Public Health Wales: Continued at Section VI.3 Additional Information

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• An E-Auction may be used.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Legal Justification

This is a 4 year framework

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The below-listed Authorities are eligible to access the resulting framework – subject to NHS Workforce Alliance approval. NHS Workforce Alliance member bodies and any additional new NHS Workforce Alliance members including wholly owned companies and subsidiaries, may utilise this framework agreement during the contract term. The entities eligible to utilise this framework agreement include but will not be limited to Acute; Foundation; Ambulance; Community; Care; Primary Care; Clinical Commissioning Groups, Mental Health Trusts, Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) and includes any Charitable Trusts to the foregoing, and other Contracting Bodies such as but not limited to Strategic and Special Health Authorities, Fire and Rescue, Police, Police Commissioners, Charities, Government, Local Government, Local Authorities including Commissioning and Social, Prisons, Education/Higher Education, Social Care and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, including any successor organisations or changes to the provision of the services or the responsibility/ownership of the aforementioned organisations, such as responsibility resting with local authorities changing to local government/other government or other publicly funded bodies. The framework is for the benefit of existing and emerging organisations during the life of the agreement, which includes but is not limited to providers, commissioners, delegated commissioners and support organisations. Listings of entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NHS Workforce Alliance include any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, including any of the Crown Dependencies and NHS Collaborative Procurement Organisations: The NHS in England (National Health Service for the United Kingdom) including but not limited to: Foundation Trusts, Acute (Hospital) Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Care Trusts listed at: https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx Integrated Care Boards: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/integrated-care-boards-in-england/ Area Teams: https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx NHS Improvement: https://improvement.nhs.uk/ Department of Health: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health Arm’s Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-contact-department-of-health-a... Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and their individual constituent organisations: https://www.england.nhs.uk/stps/view-stps/ Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) NHS England » Integrated care in your area NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ and other organisations involved in commissioning primary care services via Integrated Care Boards supported by Commissioning Support Units as well as any successor bodies of any of the above entities which are responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published July 2010. https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/ The Integrated Care Boards: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/ and other organisations involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services, GP consortia, GP Practices and any other provider of primary medical services: a) who are a party to any of the following contracts: - General Medical Services (GMS) - Personal Medical Services (PMS) - Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) and/or b) Commissioned by NHS England or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above. The NHS in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland including but not limited to Primary care services - GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services at: NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales): including but not limited to Welsh Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Public Health Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure NHS Scotland (National Health Service for Scotland) including but not limited to Regional NHS Boards, Special NHS Boards and public health body at: http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/ Health and Social Care Services in Northern Ireland: (National Health Service for Northern Ireland) including but not limited to Health Trusts, Social Care Board and other HSC Agencies: http://online.hscni.net/ Social Enterprise UK: https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk Local Authority Councils in England, Scotland and Wales: county, unitary, district, borough, and metropolitan councils (parish/community councils) Local Councils in England, Scotland and Wales: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council Local Authority Councils in Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/local-councils-in-northern-ireland Isle of Man (IoM) Government and associated IoM based public bodies, including all IoM Government Departments and Cabinet Office, including but not limited to: Department of Health & Social Care: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/health-and-social-care/ The States of Jersey Government and administration including all Government Departments including but not limited to: Health & Social Services: https://www.gov.je/Government/Departments/HealthSocialServices/Pages/index.aspx The States of Guernsey (Parliament and government) including but not limited to the Committee for Health & Social Care: https://www.gov.gg/article/152954/Health-and-Social-Services-Department Educational Establishments in England including schools and colleges: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/ Schools in Wales: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/address-list-of-schools/?lang=en Further Education and 6th Form Colleges in the UK: http://findfe.com/ Higher Education Recognised or listed bodies in the UK offering degree-level courses: https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised Schools in Scotland including primary, secondary and special schools: https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/ Educational Establishments in Scotland: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/ScotXed/SchoolEducation/SchoolEstablishmen... Schools and Educational Establishments in Northern Ireland: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Higher Education Universities and Colleges in Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/universities-and-colleges-northern-ireland UK Police Forces in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales including National Special Police Forces. https://www.police.uk/forces/ England Fire and Rescue Services http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html Scottish Fire & Rescue Services http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx Welsh Fire & Rescue Services http://gov.wales/topics/people-and-communities/communities/safety/fire/localserv... Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service https://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency/about... Registered charities in England and Wales: https://www.gov.uk/find-charity-information Registered charities in Scotland: https://www.oscr.org.uk/charities Registered charities in Northern Ireland: http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/ Ministry of Defence (MOD):https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence Registered social landlords, government funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing, including housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... Scotland: http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx Wales: http://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-... Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations Organisations referenced above can be found detailed in either the NHS Act 2006, and/or The Procurement Act 2023 and/or the Government Departments, Agencies and Public Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations • Ministerial Departments (25 including Agencies and Public Bodies) • Non-Ministerial Departments (21 including Agencies and Public Bodies) • Agencies and Other Public Bodies (376) • High Profile Groups (78) • Public Corporations (10) • Devolved Administrations (3)