DHSC: Re-Procurement of Employers' Organisation Services Contract
Department of Health and Social Care
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Key details
Procurement
- 85100000 Health services
- 75130000 Supporting services for the government
What happened
Department of Health and Social Care awarded this contract to The NHS Confederation on 19 Dec 2025.
Description
To support workforce policy development within DHSC by feeding in a unified employer voice from across the whole NHS in England,
The 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: Education, skills, and redesign of workforce
Work Programme 3: 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)
Communications is an overarching deliverable across all work programmes
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 1-9 inclusive on an annual basis
Respond and action any ad hoc requirements of DHSC i.e., any changes in legislation or to reflect any changes in ministerial/DHSC priority over the course of the year.
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Identifiers
External ID: fts-ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc6 • Added 6 August 2026