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Published 1 May 2025, 08:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre

Official notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Awarded value£300,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to 8x8 UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NSS have been instructed by Scottish Government to assist the National rollout and ongoing support of the Test Trace, Isolate and Support (TTIS) Service. This contract provides a Virtual Contact Centre functionality to enable a number of agents to get in touch with Contacts as part of Contract Tracing which is a key element of the TTIS Programme.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Public Health Scotland require a cloud based Contact Centre that by necessity will…Awarded

Public Health Scotland require a cloud based Contact Centre that by necessity will need to deliver service to up to an estimated 2000 staff members, mostly working from home. The exact number of agents is unknown and will be driven by infection and re-infection rates in the expected “second Spike”. Current Estimates on the required number of agents range from 50 – 2000. These Agents will require a Contact Centre with all normal enterprise Contact Centre functionality plus some specific routing and call handling requirements:

  1. IVR routing that will direct calls to a “local” team for each of the Scottish health board regions
  2. Easily Adaptable IVR messaging – delivering up to date information at the start of the call
  3. Call Queuing based on Agent skills and experience for specialist enquiries
  4. An outbound dialling capability to queue calls from a list created by the NHS NSS Hub Case Management System based on ServiceNow CSM.
  5. Integration with this NHS NSS Hub to update client details and case notes following a call
  6. Initially this Contact Centre will use voice channels only.
  7. Contact Centre Agents will require access to supervisory teams.
  8. Public Health Scotland Management Team will need regular, accurate reports on call volumes and other KPIs and the ability to auto generate reports and distribution to key stakeholders.
  9. Agents, working from home will need both a contact centre agent desktop but also the telephony platform to make and answer calls. A unified Communications client, soft-phone, headset and DDI line.
  10. Given the nature of this requirement, a rapid deployment is needed.
  11. The Call Tracing Service will be in place for a minimum of 3 months and potentially up to 12. 12) Flexibility is a must, and a consumption based commercial model is preferable
Delivery: Scotland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
1 May 2025, 08:36 BST
Last source update
1 May 2025, 08:36 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018232
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ae3 Find 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

Published justification

A Business Case is being developed by Public Health Scotland through the Scottish Immunisation and Vaccination Programme (SVIP) to procure a solution and there will be a requirement for a solution until this is in place. This solution will not be in place before March 2026.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:797633)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
8x8 UK Limited£300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 018232-2025-NP04725-1 · 8x8 UK Limited

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    £300,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • 8x8 LimitedAwarded supplier 4 Offley Road, London, UK, SW9 0LS

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.