---
title: "Digital Staff Passsports"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02adcf"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS IMPROVEMENT"
published: "2021-05-06"
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# Digital Staff Passsports

Buyer: NHS IMPROVEMENT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02adcf

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 20 May 2021 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,250,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS IMPROVEMENT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 6 May 2021 at 11:14 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=222712
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/authority

## Provenance

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