Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-19
Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (‘UHCW’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48450000 | 79221000 | 79600000 | 79610000 | 79620000
Estimated value: 3000000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: HealthTrust Europe is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the provision of workforce solutions in the healthcare sector for the NHS, registered charities, wider public sector and all other bodies as detailed within the OJEU Contract Notice including fully managed service: bank and agency, bank and agency demand solutions (including direct engagement), medical locums and general practitioner workers, nursing and care service workers, allied health professional and health science service workers, and non-medical non-clinical (NMNC) workers, to include senior, very senior managers (VSM) and executive recruitment.
A Fully Managed Service in respect of the supply and management of a Contracting Authorities requirements for bank and agency workers. Under this Lot the Tenderer will provide services for optimising the deployment of Flexible Workers. The Service will support the end user in accessing services designed to implement, develop and enhance the provision of a tailored Managed or Collaborative Bank service so as to generate a range of process efficiencies for the Contacting Authority. In addition to the above, the Tenderer will be expected to deliver a software system that enables the recording, managing and processing of Flexible Workers, to deliver an auditable service to the Contracting Authority, whilst additionally providing a suitable vacancy release solution.
The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button
At the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
The initial period of the framework agreement will be 2 years, this may be extended by HTE at its sole discretion for 2 periods of 12 months thereafter (2 + 1 + 1).
For the supply of a software solution to enable a Contracting Authority to manage its bank and agency workforce requirements, including Direct Engagement.
The Tenderer will deliver a software solution that is capable of identifying, managing and optimising a list of bank and agency workers who are able to fill a temporary or substantive shift. The solution offered will be hosted and managed by the tenderer. Where bank shifts remain unfilled, the solution will provide a vacancy release booking management system capable of releasing any unfilled bank shifts to the agency market through an agreed set of protocols as agreed with the Contracting Authority. The software must enable the Contracting Authority to have the ability to consider available agency staff and directly book agency staff who are able to work that have the skills and necessary compliance documentation in alignment to the Contracting Authority’s agreed pricing matrix. The software solution will provide a customisable reporting dashboard for key performance data and a portal capable of allowing workers to login and manage their own account.
In addition, the Tenderer will provide a range of supporting analytical, financial and safeguarding services to the Contracting Authority to identify efficiencies and enable the procurement of agency staffing and spend reduction opportunities. Designed to support the Contracting Authority in directly engaging with their Temporary Workers through Employment Agencies, the Tenderer will assist in the legitimate recovery of VAT for all eligible Temporary Workers who are compliant with IR35 requirements.
If applicable, the Tenderer will provide a hosted software solution to enable effective rostering and shift management for staff in line with Contracting Authority requirements.
The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button
At the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
The initial period of the Framework Agreement will be 2 years, this may be extended by HTE at its sole discretion for two periods of 12 months thereafter (2+1+1).

Eligibility requirements: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Details are provided in the eligibility envelope.

Award value: 3000000000