This Procurement is being delivered on behalf of seven NHS Acute Trusts employing around 41 000 staff. Most Trusts are partners in the Working Together Programme, as NHS Vanguard for New Models of Care.

The requirement is for an absence management software solution which enables centralised notification of unplanned absence and effective management through to the end of the absence episode.

The procurement calls for tiered pricing based on volume up to the stated total headcount. The procurement will inform a final business by March 2016 at which point each Trust will confirm commitment to proceed to contract signature.