Insourced Services
Framework Description
RM6276 Insourced Services is the NHS Workforce Alliance framework for insourced clinical services, where a provider brings its own clinical teams onto trust premises to add capacity, typically in the evenings and at weekends. It is run through the Government Commercial Agency (GCA, formerly Crown Commercial Service) and was set up under the light touch regime. It is a single-lot framework that runs until 31 March 2027 with no extension, so it is now in its final months. This framework is used by NHS Workforce Alliance and Crown Commercial.
Context & Use Case
Trusts use insourcing to cut waiting lists without building new capacity, running extra sessions in their own theatres, diagnostic suites and clinics outside core hours. Typical uses are elective surgery lists, diagnostic sessions and outpatient clinics in specialties with long waits. It supports elective recovery where a trust has the estate but lacks the staff to use it fully.
Scope of Services
Elective surgery insourcing Diagnostic services insourcing Outpatient services insourcing Specialist clinical insourcing
Lots
Single lot
Who Can Apply
It suits insourcing providers with their own clinical workforce and the governance arrangements to run sessions safely on NHS sites. Applications for this framework are closed and it ends on 31 March 2027, so providers not on it should get ready for whatever replaces it rather than expect to join this one.
Buyer Benefits
Insourcing lets trusts make fuller use of theatres and diagnostic equipment they already own, adding sessions without capital spend. The framework gives them pre-vetted providers working to consistent governance and clinical quality standards, which matters when an outside team is treating the trust's own patients in its own buildings.
Next Steps
Appointed providers should agree any remaining call-offs with trusts before 31 March 2027 and record outcomes such as patients treated and waiting time reductions. Other providers should check the NHS Workforce Alliance website for a successor agreement and prepare clinical governance documents, regulatory registrations and insourcing case studies for that tender.
How Athena Can Help
Whatever follows RM6276 will reward providers who can prove clinical quality and capacity. Athena can prepare you for that procurement through support with framework applications, from selection questions to governance evidence, and our bid consultancy for public tenders can give you an early view on whether to bid.
For providers already appointed, our bid managers can help you win the remaining call-offs with responses built around waiting list results and session pricing.
