NHS Workforce Transformation Solution - Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Services

NHSBSA is considering its next steps in development of its procurement for the future NHS workforce solution. NHSBSA engaged with the market in July and<br/>November 2021 regarding the Discovery exercise, its findings and the Commercial content of the Outline Business Case. <br/><br/>NHSBSA wants to now consult with the market on the commercial considerations that will form the basis of the Invitation to Tender and Negotiate (ITTN) pack and key contract schedules. It will also set out proposals for the Alpha phase of the procurement. <br/><br/>The Supplier Market Engagement Event, which NHSBSA is hosting, is at 09:30 till 12:30 (GMT), Thursday 10 March 2022, via webinar only. <br/><br/>NHSBSA will be issuing a set of Request for Information (RFI) questions after the event. Responses to the RFI are required by Friday 18 March 2022 for Alpha content and Friday 25 March for remaining content. Depending on feedback from the RFI there may be an opportunity to have 1 to 1 discussions later. <br/><br/>ESR includes, but is not limited to, the provision of the following core services:-<br/><br/>— Payroll<br/>— Core HR (e.g. key personnel events; leave and absence; education, training and organisational structures; approvals, revalidations/fitness to<br/>practice)<br/>— Recruitment<br/>— Integrated Identity Management<br/>— Occupational Health<br/>— Finance<br/>— Learning Management (including eLearning)<br/>— Manager and Employee Self Service<br/>— Talent Management/Compliance Management<br/>— Data Warehouse<br/>— Management Reporting – Local and National<br/>— Inter Employee Authority Data Transfer Service.<br/>— Associated Framework Services (e.g. expenses solutions)<br/>— Total Reward Statements<br/>— Interoperability with other services and options (including NHS Jobs & NHS Pensions). <br/><br/>The ESR solution and related services are provided by the current provider under a managed service contract<br/>which, will run until August 2025. <br/><br/>The NHS ESR solution is one of the Workforce services provided by the NHSBSA and is an Oracle based<br/>workforce management tool for the integrated HR, payroll, learning management and business intelligence.<br/><br/>The Solution currently services over 1.8m employees in over 440 organisations. Additional information: This event follows on from the previous supplier engagement events held in July and November 2021. <br/><br/>Attendees of the November 2021 event will receive an invite by email. If not received by close Friday 11 February please contact as below.<br/><br/>To be invited to the event please email nhsbsa.esrdiscovery@nhs.net with names, roles and email addresses of attendees.