Tender

NHS Volunteer Responder Programme Management

NHS ENGLAND

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20 Jun 2022 at 13:03

Summary of the contracting process

NHS England is currently managing the procurement process for the "NHS Volunteer Responder Programme Management" contract, which falls under the category of human resources management consultancy services. This procurement, valued at £30 million, is in the active tender stage, with submissions open until 20th July 2022. The contract will commence on 1st November 2022 and is set for a duration of three years, with an option for two additional one-year extensions. The service is aimed at supporting the NHS through a network of volunteers, with operations based in the UK.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in management-related services, project management consultancy, and health service provision. Companies that excel in volunteer management, call centre operations, and community healthcare services would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. As the NHS continues to evolve post-Covid, responding to community needs and integrating local systems, there is potential for sustained engagement and growth for businesses that can demonstrate effective management and innovative solutions within this sector.

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Notice Title

NHS Volunteer Responder Programme Management

Notice Description

The NHS Volunteer Responder Service was created as part of the Emergency Response to Covid. NHS Volunteer Responders brings a new and additional cohort to the NHS family and provides an ongoing opportunity for people to continue to support the NHS by retaining the national micro-volunteering and crisis/emergency response service. <br/><br/>The management supplier may therefore be responsible for deployment of volunteers into some volunteering roles, agreed nationally, but will also create a quality assurance process to approve other organisations to be able to access and deploy volunteers through the NHS Volunteer Responders brand either locally or nationally, providing a support and advisory function as needed

Lot Information

Lot 1

The NHS Volunteer Responder Service was created as part of the Emergency Response to Covid. The service has continued to be responsive to the emergent situation throughout the pandemic. We have secured a national body of NHS Volunteer Responders that remain available to support the NHS through a suite of micro volunteering roles/tasks and in 'short term/emergency situations. We want to retain this cohort of Volunteers and the ability to deploy them through a digital platform with associated volunteer and scheme management, whilst also evolving the programme further to better integrate with local systems and meet wider needs in the NHS and potentially also adult social care.

Registered volunteer numbers are expected to be between 75,000 and 1 million NHS Volunteer Responders over the life of the contract. The service is currently maintaining a centrally managed capacity of available volunteers at around 400,000. However, we expect active volunteer numbers to be between 20,000 and 1 million, completing between 11,500 and 16,500 tasks per week. The expansion of capacity over time will be a combination of centrally and locally managed volunteers and the required number will be managed dependent upon the level of demand for tasks.

Referrers currently include health and care professionals, social care providers, other public sector bodies, voluntary sector professionals and members of the public referring themselves for support

Over 2.2 million tasks have been delivered over the life of the service to date with up to 2500 tasks taking place each day providing one-off support to clients in the community, NHS and social care services
The management provider will:
Operate a call centre to support service users and volunteers
Work proactively to maintain a pool of volunteers throughout the country who are registered and available to meet requests for support including recruitment and retention, training and support.
Work with other organisations to review and develop the service as the NHS moves from Emergency Response to recovery
Work with local health and care organisations across the system and voluntary sector partners to integrate the program locally

The contract is for a period of 3 years with an option to extend by 2 x 1yrs

Renewal: Advertised at the end of the contract including any permitted extensions

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-034850
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016811-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

75122000 - Administrative healthcare services

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services

79420000 - Management-related services

79512000 - Call centre

85000000 - Health and social work services

85100000 - Health services

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

85322000 - Community action programme

85323000 - Community health services

98100000 - Membership organisation services

98113000 - Services furnished by specialist organisations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£30,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£25,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jun 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2025 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Contact Name
Liz Salter
Contact Email
liz.salter1@nhs.net
Contact Phone
+44 7783816062

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7UE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

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