The tender deadline for NHS PASA’s (Purchasing & Supply Agency) non-medical, non-clinical temporary and fixed-term staff framework agreement has been extended by a week.

An NHS PASA spokesperson told Recruiter that the deadline had been extended to noon on 16 February. This is to give recruitment agencies an “opportunity to read and respond to the updated tender documents,” explains the spokesperson.

Tom Hadley, director of external relations at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), says that one reason for the extension is because some clerical agencies are not used to tendering for PASA framework agreements, which includes providing detailed information on costings.