Market Engagement - Campaign Recruitment for NMC Panel Members & Legal Assessors

As the regulator of the nursing, midwifery and nursing associate professions, on occasions we need to consider if a person is fit to practise without restriction. Where we have a concern regarding this, we might bring these concerns before a meeting or hearing of the practice committees.

The members of practice committees (Panel Members) are independent decision makers. they are required to attend hearings and meetings of our practice committees across the United Kingdom and will carry out the functions of a panel member in accordance with the provisions of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 and the Nursing and Midwifery (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004.

The practice committees are provided with advice and guidance by Legal Assessors who are independent contractors. Their role is essential in both protecting the public and maintaining the public interest.

We will soon be competitively procuring a contract with a recruitment agency, which shall provide a selection and appointment process to enable us to undertake a values-based recruitment campaign to recruit up to 70 panel members to be appointed to serve on our Practice Committees and up to 20 Legal Assessors to be appointed and included in the NMC's list of approved Legal Assessors, both by September 2023.

Additional information: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has initiated a Market Engagement exercise and will be issuing the Market Engagement Questionnaire, an information gathering exercise by the NMC to inform the development of their approach prior to undertaking a potential new competitive procurement exercise for Campaign Recruitment for NMC Panel Members & Legal Assessors. For more information about this opportunity, please check the above-mentioned Prior information notice and visit the Atamis e-Sourcing portal at https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome Please note the following project name and reference number allocated to this procurement process within the e-Sourcing Portal.

Project Name: Market Engagement - Campaign Recruitment for NMC Panel Members & Legal Assessors Project Reference: C1110

The Questionnaire will be available from 18 November 2022 via our Atamis tendering portal and it needs to be completed and returned via portal by midnight 4th December 2022. Before completing their Questionnaire, potential bidders should ensure that the email address that has been used to register will be checked regularly as the e-Sourcing Portal will generate automatic notifications to the registered email address wherever there are updates, changes or messages in relation to this Market Engagement exercise. Bidders should also check that their organisation details are correct and up to date. For an opportunity to take part in this procurement exercise please register with our free tendering portal at https://nmcprocurementportal.force.com/s/Welcome.You will need to complete a short form to register, providing company details, categories you can provide services for, and user details including an email address that will be used as your login details. Please note no tender documents have been issued at this stage - the functional requirements and capability specification will be published in the future Invitation to Tender documents with the CF Notice.