Official UK procurement notice
Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Delivery
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of voluntary workforce to meet additional workforce demands.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To deploy 30,500 volunteers to meet additional workforce demands in the following…Awarded
To deploy 30,500 volunteers to meet additional workforce demands in the following areas nationally:
o Vaccinator volunteer
o Volunteer Patient Advocate
o Vaccination Care Volunteer
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
- 24 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003753- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029611Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; 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
The COVID-19 Vaccine Programme requires a supplier of voluntary staff which can provide a national scale recruitment and deployment programme for a range of clinical and non-clinical roles. St John Ambulance is uniquely placed having the required national infrastructure to recruit and support the required voluntary workforce as well as an existing national network of volunteers to meet the extremely urgent needs of the programme .
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. JOHN AMBULANCE | £48,240,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Delivery · ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2020
- Value
- £48,240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- St. John AmbulanceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.