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DHSC: Re-Procurement of Employers' Organisation Services Contract

Department of Health and Social Care

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
London
Delivery: United Kingdom
Contract value
£42,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
17 February 2025
Published
23 December 2024

Procurement

Submission method
Electronic Submission
Procedure type
Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classifications
  • 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.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
The NHS Confederation
Award date
19 December 2025

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39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU
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Identifiers

Notice ID
041472-2024
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc6

External ID: fts-ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc6 • Added 6 August 2026