Official UK procurement notice
NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNSS 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 publishedLot #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:
- IVR routing that will direct calls to a “local” team for each of the Scottish health board regions
- Easily Adaptable IVR messaging – delivering up to date information at the start of the call
- Call Queuing based on Agent skills and experience for specialist enquiries
- An outbound dialling capability to queue calls from a list created by the NHS NSS Hub Case Management System based on ServiceNow CSM.
- Integration with this NHS NSS Hub to update client details and case notes following a call
- Initially this Contact Centre will use voice channels only.
- Contact Centre Agents will require access to supervisory teams.
- 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.
- 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.
- Given the nature of this requirement, a rapid deployment is needed.
- 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
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ae3Find 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| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- 8x8 LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.