Notice Information
Notice Title
Notification Service for Test Trace Protect
Notice Description
DHCW is seeking to use UK Gov Notify - the government's messaging platform to support its Covid-19 Test Trace Protect ("TTP") service and the issuing of electronic messaging to the citizens of Wales.
Lot Information
Lot 1
DHCW is seeking to use UK Gov Notify - the government's messaging platform to support its Covid-19 Test Trace Protect service. This solution will be vital in ensuring that urgent critical messages are issued smoothly and efficiently from Health Boards to its patients.
Procurement Information
DHCW are seeking to migrate the SMS services currently provided by the incumbent supplier to the UK Gov Notify Service following an official communication issued by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) regarding SMS and Telephone Communications Best Practice approach. The NCSC is an organisation of the UK Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. The recommendation in the NCSC paper is the best and most effective way to ensure messages are protected, and not blocked, is to use the UK Gov Notify messaging service. The recommendation comes following instances of criminals posing as official sources by mimicking official communications and concealing within them a malicious link or a request for information or action by the citizen. This has undermined the ability of Test Trace Protect to contact infected individuals due to a loss of trust as to whether the SMS are genuine or fraudulent, meaning some SMS may be ignored and deleted. The UK Gov Notify solution is robust from a security perspective. NCSC and Mobile Ecosystem Forum ("MEF") has added the UK Gov Notify Sender ID 'UK-Gov' to a registry of genuine SMS SenderID's and at the same time, blocking a number of similar ID's, which might be used by fraudsters trying to look official.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02f14c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027103-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64000000 - Postal and telecommunications services
64212100 - Short Message Service (SMS) services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £288,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 May 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES ("DHCW")
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- laura.panes@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF11 9AD
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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