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Published 14 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Workforce planning in a neighbourhood or place

Official notice

Authority: Local Government Association

Below threshold - limited competition
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£61,750published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Jul 2025
Awarded to Kath Smythe Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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 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.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
14 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039565
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055e64 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    14 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £61,7501 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kath Smythe LtdSME£61,750 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Kath Smythe LtdSME

    Signed
    9 Jul 2025
    Value
    £61,750
    Period
    14 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Up to 6 months at buyers discretion.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Improvement and Development Agency

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PPLL-6427-QNDD 18 Smith Square, Westminster, London, London, SW1P 3HZContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Kath Smythe LtdAwarded supplier 46 New Barns Avenue, Manchester, North West, M21 7DGContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender