National Framework Agreement for Workforce Transformation Services (Open Framework)
Framework Description
F/065 (2025) Workforce Transformation Services is a long-term national open framework from the procurement team at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (COCH CPS). It provides digital workforce management solutions and consultancy to NHS and public sector organisations. The scheme runs to 29 September 2033 through a series of sub-frameworks, with Framework 1 ending on 29 September 2027, and it has refresh windows to admit new suppliers.
Context & Use Case
Workforce and HR teams use F/065 to buy e-rostering, time and attendance, bank and agency management and workforce analytics, and to bring in consultants to redesign how they deploy staff. Better rostering and bank management help trusts cut agency spend and fill shifts more reliably, and integration with ESR and finance systems keeps pay and reporting accurate.
Scope of Services
e-Rostering and time and attendance solutions Bank and agency management platforms Workforce analytics and planning tools Workforce transformation consultancy Integration with ESR and finance systems
Lots
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Who Can Apply
Suits workforce technology vendors, bank and agency platform operators and workforce transformation consultancies with NHS or public sector delivery and integration experience. As an open framework, it admits new suppliers at refresh windows; the end of Framework 1 in September 2027 is a likely point for the next one.
Buyer Benefits
Agency spend and staff shortages are major NHS cost pressures. F/065 gives trusts compliant access to tools and expertise that improve shift fill and reduce premium staffing. Buyers value proven savings, ESR integration, ease of use for ward staff and good implementation support.
Next Steps
Contact COCH Commercial Procurement Services through its corporate services frameworks page for refresh window dates and briefing materials. Prepare case studies showing reductions in agency spend or improvements in shift fill, integration evidence and implementation plans, so you are ready for the next refresh.
How Athena Can Help
Refresh windows on F/065 give workforce technology firms repeated chances to join. Athena's framework refresh applications service prepares your submission before each window and checks it for compliance.
Once appointed, our proposal writers help you win trust call-offs with clear savings evidence, and our help with NHS tenders covers pricing for licences, implementation and ongoing support. We can also help you set out ESR integration and agency spend savings in terms finance and workforce directors recognise, so your evidence stands out at each refresh.
