Official UK procurement notice
Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Intelligence and Modelling Consultative Support
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo maintain oversight of local and national recruitment trajectories the programme requires specialist consultative support to ensure the delivery of a workforce analytics solution and provide modelling and specialist training capability.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Staff training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The vaccination programme is the largest logical and workforce operation the NHS has…Awarded
The vaccination programme is the largest logical and workforce operation the NHS has ever delivered. At the peak it is anticipated that ~80,000FTE vaccinators will be required. To maintain oversight of local and national recruitment trajectories the programme will require specialist consultative support to ensure the delivery of a workforce analytics solution and provide modelling and specialist training capability.<br/><br/>The services required are specialist workforce modelling and analytics capability. Key objectives are provided below: <br/><br/>-- Delivery of a robust workforce planning solution (bottom up) <br/><br/>-- Specification and design of a rostering interface to the Foundry solution. <br/><br/>-- Training in workforce planning tool and requirements for assurance. <br/><br/>-- Modelling analysis of vaccine supply to workforce requirements.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jul 2022, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jul 2022, 15:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018515- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034efbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
In view of the extreme urgency, NHS England did not have time to conduct a procurement procedure in accordance with the timescales set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This Supplier was able to mobilise and provide the necessary programme support within the tight timescales required. The contract duration was limited to that which was strictly necessary for the successful delivery of the programme.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CoramAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.