Title: Agency Workers – Non-medical
Reference number: 3059470
Short description: Supply of non-medical Agency Workers (Excluding Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers) to Health and Social Care Trusts and other Healthcare organisations in Northern Ireland.
Estimated total value excluding VAT: £420,000,000
Evaluation weightings:
- Quality criterion – 50%
- Quality criterion – 10%
- Price – 40%
Contract duration: 24 months with option to extend for a further 24 months.
Type of procedure: Open procedure
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators. Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 90
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 3pm, 8th November 2023
This contract is divided into lots and tenders may be submitted for all lots.
- Lot 1 – Allied Health Professionals – estimated value excluding VAT: £40,000,000
- Lot 2 – Social Workers and Social Care Support Workers – estimated value excluding VAT: £70,000,000
- Lot 3 – Professional and Technical – estimated value excluding VAT: £40,000,000
- Lot 4 – Specialist – estimated value excluding VAT: £23,000,000
- Lot 5 – General Admin and Clerical – estimated value excluding VAT: £135,000,000
- Lot 6 – Support Services – estimated value excluding VAT: £112,000,000
This contract is not a joint contract, it is a Central Purchasing Body Contract operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the participants listed below:
- Procurement and Logistics Service, 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, BT12 6HU
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, A Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB
- Business Services Organisation, 2 Franklin Street, Belfast, BT2 8DQ
- Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland, Centre House, 79 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4JE
- DOH – Strategic Planning and Performance Group, 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BS
- NI Ambulance Service Trust, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 8SG
- NI Blood Transfusion Service, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7TS
- NI Fire and Rescue Services, 1 Seymour Street, Lisburn, BT27 4SX
- NI Medical and Dental Training Agency, Beechill House, 42 Beechill Road, Belfast, BT8 7RL
- NI Patient Client Council, 1st Floor, Ormeau Baths 18 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8HS
- NI Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery, Centre House, 79 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4JE
- NI Public Health Agency, Linenhall Street Unit, 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BS
- NI Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, 9th Floor Riverside Tower, 5 Lanyon Place, Belfast, BT1 3BT
- NI Social Care Council, Millennium House, 19-25 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7AQ
- Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Bretten Hall, Bush Road, Antrim, BT41 2RL
- South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Ulster Hospital, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT16 1RH
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Craigavon Area Hospital, 68 Lurgan Road, Portadown, BT63 5QQ
- Western Health and Social Care Trust, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Glenshane Road, Londonderry, BT47 6SB
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps.
Link to the tender opportunity: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3059470
