NHS Workforce Alliance Clinical and Non-Clinical Temporary and Permanent Staffing Update – Urgent – £6 Billion Contract value.
Invitation to Tender Release Date 05/08/2026. Act now to ensure you’re ready
Are you already a supplier that’s on or a supplier that wants to be on the following Framework agreements?
RM6281 – National Framework for the Provision of Clinical and Healthcare Staffing
RM6277 – Non-Clinical Staffing
RM6229 – Permanent Recruitment 2
If so, you must act now, as these frameworks are being replaced by the new RM6397 Workforce Alliance Clinical and Non-Clinical Temporary and Permanent Staff Framework
The new agreement with an expected ITT release date of August 7th, 2026, will cover Temporary, Fixed-term and Permanent recruitment services for all the following functions:
- nursing and midwifery roles
- medical and dental roles
- allied health professionals
- health science services
- emergency services personnel
- social care staffing
- administration and secretarial roles
- finance, accounts and audit roles
- IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists, digital workers
- legal secretaries, paralegals and lawyers
- environmental and scientific roles, for example: EA and senior assistant scientists, technical and clinical coders, including health records secretaries
- caterers, drivers and security
- estates and maintenance roles, including general labour and specialist labour such as electricians and surveyors
The Opportunity
The Workforce Alliance Clinical and Non-Clinical Temporary and Permanent Staff
Framework (RM6397) will provide comprehensive access to public and third sector organisations to hire clinical and non-clinical workers through a range of engagement types, including permanent and fixed-term recruitment, temporary positions and contractors across the UK. This framework covers temporary, fixed-term and permanent clinical and non-clinical staff for the next four years.
Confirmed amended lot structure:
- Lot 1: Nursing and Midwifery
- Lot 2: Medical and Dental
- Lot 3: AHP, Health Science Services & Emergency Services
- Lot 4: Social Care
- Lot 5: Administrative & Corporate Roles
- Lot 6: IT Professionals
- Lot 7: Legal
- Lot 8: Scientific, Technical & Clinical Coding
- Lot 9: Estates, Facilities Management & Ancillary Staff
- Lot 10: Permanent Recruitment
- Lot 11: MSP: Neutral Vendor
- Lot 12: MSP: Master Vendor
Who are the NHS Workforce Alliance?
The NHS Workforce Alliance is a partnership between the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and NHS Procurement hubs, including (NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS), NHS East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (EOECPH), NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP) and NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOECPC)), designed to help the NHS and other public sector organisations secure a sustainable workforce. It does this by providing access to various recruitment services and frameworks to find staff, both permanently and temporarily, and offers support for workforce planning and management
Current confirmed prerequisites for bidding
To participate in this framework opportunity, organisations must meet comprehensive compliance requirements, including:
- Carbon Reduction Plan* (relevant to applicable lots)
- Cyber Essentials Certification (required for all lots)
- Previous experience of service delivering evidence will be required (lot specific)
- £10million Public Liability Insurance, £10million Employers’ Liability Insurance and £10million Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Financial Viability Risk Assessment to be undertaken using the authority’s appropriate FVRA tool (relevant to applicable lots and authority assessment)
- NHS Employer E-Learning and Health Assessment Audit training to be completed with a 100% score required**
*Available outside of our standalone bid management consultative provision, CRP Online Services and as part of our Partnership Services.
**Additional Authority charges apply outside of our standalone bid management consultative provision.
Your Next Steps
Don’t risk missing this opportunity. Our specialist team has delivered over 98% success rates and helped secure £25 billion in public sector contracts. We have limited spaces available for our comprehensive bid support.
Contact us immediately: Book a discovery call, 0161 804 9624 or info@neuven-consult.com
Framework positions are limited. Your competitors are already preparing. Act now to secure your place in the future of Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare staffing.