REC Health and Social Care – Procurement for Housing Limited – Care & Support Recruitment Services Framework Agreement

The REC has been informed by Procurement for Housing Limited that the tender for their Supply of Recruitment Services (Care and Support) Framework Agreement has been launched via the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). The MyTenders notice is available here.

Procurement for Housing Limited (PfH) is a national procurement consortium which was established in 2004. PfH is dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and HouseMark. More information about PfH can be found at www.procurementforhousing.co.uk . 

PfH, due to significant member demand, has commenced a fully compliant OJEU tendering process to create a framework agreement for the services of care and support recruitment agencies.

The PfH care and support recruitment services framework is due to launch in November 2013 and will cover three role types; care, support and nursing. The contract will be split into geographical lots to encourage submissions from a wider range of regional agencies and SME’s as well as national providers. Suppliers will require accreditations to national care standards, 24 hour Supplier contact and specialist references. Members of PfH have already committed approximately £15million spend to this forthcoming framework agreement.

The REC will continue to keep members posted on the latest developments. The next REC Health and Social Care meeting will be on the 25th September 2013, book your place here.