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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/01084
Request Date
July 8, 2016
Subject
Staff Headcount and Framework Agencies
Description

I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for the following information, under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

 

To assist you, I believe this may best be sourced from your Category Manager for Professional Services within your Procurement section, or Procurement/ Purchasing/ Finance and HR/ Personnel/ Recruitment sections, depending on the organisational structure of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

1.Please advise the total staff headcount that are employed directly by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with each part-time employee counted as one employee. Please exclude all temporary agency workers from this figure.

2.Please identify each supplier that Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a contract with to supply temporary agency workers.

 

3. Please identify: a. the type of contract that Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has with each of these suppliers (preferred supplier list/ framework/ etc. If framework, please indicate b. which – e.g. MSTAR/ YPO/ Panel London/ Pan London/ NPS All Wales/ Crown Commercial Services/ etc; and c. whether this is on a neutral/ master/ hybrid vender model, or the lot number.

 4. Please advise for each contract identified within (2) above of: a. the current end date of the contract; b. the date(s) that any break clause(s) can be enabled; and c. the length of time of any extension that can be enabled.

 5.Please advise of the full name of the main contact at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who is responsible for the main (or majority of the) contract(s) identified within (2) above, together with their: 

 6. Please identify all suppliers that Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has sourced a temporary agency worker from – but does not have a contract with – from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

7. For each temporary agency supplier (either a. contracted as identified within (2) above; b. non-contracted as identified within (6) above; and c. all workers Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has sourced directly), how much has been spent on each supplier (or directly), from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016?

 

 

Response

 

1. 7080

2. Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers: The primary supplier is Fylde Office Service Bureau (FOSB)

 Clinical – MEDACS

3. Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers:

 a) FOSB (framework – RM971);

b) Crown Commercial Services (CCS)

c) Lot 3

 Clinical:

 a) Framework

b) Crown Commercial services

c) Master Vendor     

 4.

Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers:

a) FOSB end date is 30/6/2017;

b) see RM971 terms and conditions

c) Subject to CCS

 Clinical:

a) MEDACS expiry date 2/7/17

b) See RM1570 terms and conditions

c) Subject to CCS

5.  

Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers: The full name for the Trust contact is Mr Rajan Sethi (Head of Procurement)

 Clinical: Paula Roles (Deputy Director of Workforce and Organisational Development)

 

Non-clinical (admin & clerical) temporary agency workers: Trust Procurement Department

Clinical: Human Resources

 

Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers: Mr Rajan Sethi 01253 300000

Clinical: Paula Roles 01253 300000 

Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers:

Rajan.Sethi@bfwh.nhs.uk

 Clinical:

Paula.Roles@BFWH.nhs.uk

 

Non-clinical (admin and clerical) temporary agency workers:

Mr. Rajan Sethi, Head of Procurement, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Berry Offices, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR

Clinical:

Paula Roles, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Aster Offices, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR 

6. Non clinical (admin & clerical) temporary agency workers – N/A

Clinical: N/A

7. Non-clinical (admin & clerical) temporary agency workers – FOSB – 2,134,721.37

 Clinical: Medacs – 2,289,299.67

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