APX058 - Framework for the Provision of Agency Nursing, Care, Support and Ancillary Staff
- Buyer
- Apex Housing Association
- Value
- £17,000,000
- Closes
- 30 October 2026
- Where
- Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Apex Housing Association is looking for staffing agencies to supply temporary nurses, care workers, support staff and ancillary workers (cleaners, kitchen staff, etc.) on an as-needed basis. They will appoint up to three suppliers per category under a framework agreement lasting two years, with options to extend for two further one-year periods.
What the buyer wants
• Supply qualified agency nurses and residential officers for temporary nursing and residential care roles • Supply qualified care workers, support staff and ancillary workers for ad hoc, emergency and short-term assignments across various housing schemes • Provide staff on flexible notice for urgent cover and planned temporary assignments
Lots
- Provision of Agency Nursing Staff
- Agency Care, Support and Ancillary Staff
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This contract is only open to staffing agencies with established recruitment infrastructure, compliance systems and the ability to supply DBS-cleared staff at short notice. Solo traders and small builders cannot bid on this: you must be a registered employment agency with care sector experience.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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