Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place
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The Improvement and Development Agency has initiated a tender process for "Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place," focused on health and social work services in the United Kingdom. This procurement, under the UK Public Authority—Sub-central Government category, seeks to address workforce planning in councils assessed as inadequate or requiring improvement. The procurement stage is currently active, with the tender period ending on 2nd July 2025 and the enquiry period closing on 23rd June 2025.
The contract is valued at £74,700 gross, employing an open procurement method below threshold with criteria emphasising quality (80%) and price (20%). Claire Gladwell is the contact point at the Agency, located in Westminster, London. This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in health and workforce consulting to engage in strategic workforce planning and offer improvement support to local councils.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) will find this project particularly suitable, as the contract prioritises one workforce transformation in neighbourhoods or places. The successful contractor will work alongside PCH to provide targeted support, aiding up to 15 places in the UK. This collaboration could drive impactful changes in workforce planning and offer potential extensions beyond the initial contract period, fostering sustainable business growth.
The Governments 10 year Health Plan aims to deliver three shifts - hospital to community, analogue to digital and sickness to prevention - that will ensure that health and social care are fit for the future. A well resourced and supported workforce will be central to government delivering these shifts. Planning for a workforce to deliver these shifts in a neighbourhood or place requires different skills to traditional workforce planning and not all councils yet have the skills or confidence to do this.
Requests for support from PCH for strategic workforce planning have increased since 2023, including requests for support at regional as well as placed based level. DHSC require PCH to prioritise support to those councils being assessed as 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' in the CQC assessment process. Many of these councils identify workforce planning as an area for improvement under the 'providing support' theme.
A contractor is being commissioned to work with PCH to provide targeted support to councils, neighbourhoods or places to develop impactful strategic workforce plans that will drive improvement locally and support the delivery of the governments three shifts. The objective of the support is to help up to 15 places, which may be regions, individual councils, neighbourhoods or places defined by local health and care leaders in ICB's, to develop a strategic workforce plan that will bring impactful change. This will include addressing short term workforce challenges as well as considering longer term transformation to move towards one workforce in a place.
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The buyer is entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the contract period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to six months. Please note extension is not bound by geographical location.
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