NHS Business Services Authority has opened a tender worth up to £1.7 billion to procure a ‘Future NHS Workforce Solution’.
NHS BSA is calling for “a new transformed integrated workforce management solution for the NHS in England and Wales” to fulfil the ambition of “providing the NHS with a user-centred digital workforce solution”.
The tender, entitled Future NHS Workforce Solution (including Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Services), aims to recruit “a supplier to manage the ESR service, transform, develop, implement and manage a future NHS workforce solution.”
As part of the tender notice, it states that the programme “brings the opportunity to transform the existing ESR service to respond to changes in the wider health and care system” along with supporting “NHS strategic workforce objectives through new and improved functionality and provide data and insights to inform decision making”.
The agency aims to find a supplier to transition and takeover the existing service, and to design, develop, configure and test the future NHS workforce solution from contract award to implementation. The requirements continue to include functionality such as supporting the end-to-end hiring experience, including demand identification, talent sourcing, job marketing, candidate assessment, applicant tracking and onboarding. As well as core HR services, such as employee lifecycle management, including organisation management, grievance management, leave management, absentee management, self-service and exit management.
Interested suppliers must meet a minimum annual turnover requirement of £150 million and be able to demonstrate financial stability.
The deadline for 7 October 2022.
To find out more please view the tender notice here.
