Planning

Digital Staff Passsports

NHS IMPROVEMENT

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Planning

06 May 2021 at 11:14

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves NHS Improvement as the buying organisation, seeking solutions for "Digital Staff Passports" within the healthcare industry. This tender is currently in the planning stage with an early market engagement event scheduled for 12th May 2021. The contract value is set at £1,250,000, and relevant activities will take place in England. Interested suppliers are encouraged to register for the event by emailing Julian Farley, and a future notice related to the tender is expected to be published by 21st May 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for technology firms specialising in IT services, particularly those with expertise in software development and consulting. Businesses that can offer innovative solutions for the design and deployment of digital staff passport technologies would be particularly well-suited to compete. The NHS's focus on adapting to workforce needs during the Covid-19 pandemic further amplifies the potential for growth within this sector, making it an advantageous opportunity for qualified service providers.

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Notice Title

Digital Staff Passsports

Notice Description

Digital Staff Passports NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working to enable staff movements through the use of digital staff passports. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the Covid Digital Staff Passport has been developed using verifiable credentials as an interim solution. NHS England and NHS Improvement now wishes to commence Alpha work for a longer term solution.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The need for the NHS to have a flexible and responsive workforce has been set out in both the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS People Plan and the need during the Covid-19 pandemic has been greater than ever. The ambition now, as set out in the Secretary of State's 'Busting Bureaucracy' and supported by the NHS Chief People Officer and the CEO of NHSX is to make digital staff passports available to substantially more staff servicing different types of staff movements as soon as practicable. To support this ambition, NHS England and NHS Improvement and NHSX want to better understand what the providers of digital passport technologies are able to offer and establish a new service line for digital staff passport providers under the Health System Support Framework to ensure a broad and open market is created. Additional information: The first Invitations to Tender for this new service line will include the following: designing and developing an alpha version of digital staff passports for permanent staff movements, starting with doctors in training extending the use of the Covid Digital Staff Passport to enable staff movements during the Covid pandemic for temporary staff movements

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02adcf
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,250,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 May 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
20 May 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS IMPROVEMENT
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
julian.farley@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 8UG
Post Town
South East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI45 Lambeth
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Lambeth
Electoral Ward
Waterloo & South Bank
Westminster Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

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