Maxxima, the public sector specialist, has been awarded master vendor status for the supply of temporary Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and Health Science Service (HSS) staff to NHS organisations throughout the East Midlands region.

The contract is the result of a four-month long project that included market testing and tendering, interviews and presentations, undertaken by the Project Team (Sourcing Group) consisting of clinicians, procurement personnel, NHS PASA, and representatives from the re:source procurement hub.

The contract will run until April 2009 and means that, for the first time, hospitals in the region will have one point of contact for all temporary recruitment across 28 different professions. 

The Maxxima Collaborative is comprised of two specialist suppliers. Labmed Recruitment will supply all AHP and HSS professions, with the exception of occupational therapy and physiotherapy, which will be filled by Piers Meadows Recruitment, a specialist in that field.

The contract will operate under the terms of the current NHS PASA National Framework agreement, with a number of additional conditions of contract pertinent to the East Midlands Region.