Notice Information
Notice Title
Vaccination Programme Notification Service
Notice Description
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has executed an Agreement to continue the use of UK Gov Notify - the government's messaging platform. The platform has been developed by Central Government for use by all parts of the public sector to deliver urgent messages/texts. It has been a vital platform in in managing the messages for the Covid vaccination from each Health Board in Wales to its patients since December 2020. Given that the vaccination and booster programmes are still ongoing and likely to continue for as a minimum the next twelve (12) months, it was essential that continued contract coverage was in place.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has executed an Agreement to continue the use of UK Gov Notify - the government's messaging platform. The platform has been developed by Central Government for use by all parts of the public sector to deliver urgent messages/texts. It has been a vital platform in in managing the messages for the Covid vaccination from each Health Board in Wales to its patients since December 2020. Given that the vaccination and booster programmes are still ongoing and likely to continue for as a minimum the next twelve (12) months, it was essential that continued contract coverage was in place.
Procurement Information
Given the criticality to provide continued access to a proven COVID Vaccine IT System, DHCW executed another agreement with UK Gov Notify by October 2022. Since December 2020, the system has enabled transactional communications (letters, emails and text messages) to be sent in large numbers, as required to support the Vaccination programme. An agreed Appointment Letter template is already established and in use and can continue to be deployed, without any interruption to the service. Finally, it has been further developed in response to the COVID pandemic as the "go to" platform for using in respect of managing the risks of COVID. The platform is being utilised across the UK and has been endorsed for use by the Westminster Government and regional governments e.g., Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-125205
- Publication Source
- Sell2Wales
- Latest Notice
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=125205
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES
- Contact Name
- Laura Panes
- 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
Notice Documents
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https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT413855
Vaccination Programme Notification Service - Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has executed an Agreement to continue the use of UK Gov Notify - the government's messaging platform. The platform has been developed by Central Government for use by all parts of the public sector to deliver urgent messages/texts. It has been a vital platform in in managing the messages for the Covid vaccination from each Health Board in Wales to its patients since December 2020. Given that the vaccination and booster programmes are still ongoing and likely to continue for as a minimum the next twelve (12) months, it was essential that continued contract coverage was in place.
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