# DHSC: Employers' Organisation Services Contract

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department of Health and Social Care.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department of Health and Social Care](/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [The NHS Confederation](/suppliers/nhs-confederation/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £23,250,205
- Tender value: £38,248,017
- Award date: 19 December 2025
- Published: 15 January 2026
- Contract start: 1 January 2026
- Contract end: 1 January 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 22329f5a-5fb7-4ed5-9e17-b7cd249f2923-879238
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3f3870e3-f04b-485d-8290-8361fc7c437c

## Description

This contract is to support workforce policy development within DHSC across the NHS in England This Contract will consist of 8 work programmes covering workforce policy which will be agreed on an annual basis\. The proposed work programmes are as follows: Work Programme 1: Pay and Contracts Work Programme 2: Workforce Supply: \(a\) medical expansion and reform, \(b\) clinical expansion and \(c\) new roles\. Work Programme 3: Workforce Supply: International Recruitment Work Programme 4: Pensions and Total Reward Work Programme 5: Employment Practice and Safe Recruitment Work Programme 6: Staff Experience and Retention Work Programme 7: Staff Engagement including Social Partnership Forum \(SPF\) Work Programme 8: Professional Standards The aims of this contract are to: Support the NHS with the development, implementation and delivery of workforce policies Build and maintain networks with NHS senior workforce leaders Execute the deliverables detailed in Work Programmes 1-8 inclusive on an annual basis Respond and action any ad hoc requirements of DHSC i\.e\., any changes in legislation or to reflect any changes in ministerial/DHSC priority over the course of the year\. This contract is for a initial 3 years with a 2 year extension option that can be triggered upon mutual agreement between DHSC and NHS Confederation\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22329f5a-5fb7-4ed5-9e17-b7cd249f2923-879238)