Official UK procurement notice
DHSC: GO: ASC International Recruitment Support Market Engagement
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking to understand where it could usefully engage and support with the social sector to address the shortfall in adult social care workers through international recruitment. The aim is to understand how DHSC can:<br/><br/>
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking to understand where it could usefully engage and support with the social sector to address the shortfall in adult social care workers through international recruitment. The aim is to understand how DHSC can:<br/><br/>
- Help social care employers make more effective and efficient use of international recruitment to address workforce shortages and improve services.<br/>
- Ensure the care sector can recruit international staff effectively, ethically, and safely, protecting workers from exploitation.<br/>
- Make the process less complex and more streamlined for employers and for potential recruits.
CPV: Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The RFI and Market Engagement activity will help the Department in determining the…Planned
The RFI and Market Engagement activity will help the Department in determining the efficacy of conducting a future procurement to meet its requirement.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2022, 16:09 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2022, 16:09 BST
- Authority reference
C100146- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023162- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036129Find a Tender
Publisher note: DHSC will hold an information event via Teams webinar on 25 August with the possibility of a second event on 30 August if most interested providers cannot attend the first event. Please register your interest for one event and we will send the link. To register your attendance, please email internationalrecruitmenttaskforce@dhsc.gov.uk with contact details for all attendees. Dial-in details will be sent out in due course.<br/><br/>A Request for Information (RFI) including draft specification can be found by logging into Atamis the Departments eSourcing tool. To obtain further information and register your interest please follow these steps:<br/><br/>1. Log in or Register through the supplier portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome;<br/><br/>2. Locate the opportunity using 'My Proposals and Quotes' or in 'Find Opportunities'<br/>‘DHSC: GO: ASC International Recruitment Support Market Engagement’ Ref: C100146;<br/><br/>3. Click Register Interest. When expressing an interest, service providers should provide:<br/>(i) the contact details of the supplier's representative;<br/>(ii) the requested RFI responses.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Aug 2022 → 3 Jan 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published19 Aug 2022, 16:09 BST
- Tender notice expected3 Jan 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.