Tender: Neutral Vendor Managed Service for Temporary Clinical Workforce – North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a supplier for a Neutral Vendor managed service to provide temporary clinical workforce across its sites. The appointed Neutral Vendor will source and fulfil temporary clinical staffing requirements as an intermediary between the Trust and approved staffing agencies, manage a compliant high-quality agency supply chain, and implement governance, assurance and framework compliance measures including monitoring agency compliance, right-to-work checks, mandatory training and professional registration. The service must deliver real-time workforce management, booking and reporting systems, provide software functionality and a system portal with direct and non-direct engagement staff costing data, and include electronic communication functionality with other Trust software. The provider must support compliance with NHS workforce regulations and relevant frameworks (NHS Workforce Alliance), reduce off-framework agency usage, demonstrate measurable efficiencies and continuous improvement, and maintain agreed KPIs while operating across all NCIC sites with flexibility for future service changes, expansion or rationalisation.