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title: "Vaccine Hesitancy Platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-031b4a"
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# Vaccine Hesitancy Platform

Buyer: CABINET OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031b4a

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## Summary

The Cabinet Office is conducting a procurement for the "Vaccine Hesitancy Platform," classified under advertising campaign services, which falls within the services industry. The procurement process has reached the Award stage, having awarded the contract to Engine Partners UK LLP, with a contract signed on 1st March 2021. The total contract value is approximately £2,503,792, with an active duration of 364 days, focusing on enhancing communications to increase vaccine confidence and combat misinformation. The delivery addresses are located in the UK, and the legal basis for the procurement is guided by the relevant EU directives.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on digital communications and training services, particularly those with expertise in developing platforms that enhance user engagement and educational outreach. Companies experienced in advertising campaign services, e-learning, and digital content integration will find this tender particularly relevant. The urgency behind the project, stemming from the ongoing need to address vaccine hesitancy, may create additional avenues for collaboration or subcontracting for businesses aiming to contribute to public health initiatives.

## Notice

The Cabinet Office (the 'Authority') has awarded a contract to the supplier to deliver an international platform to provide robust insight and analysis, shareable content and capability support to enable partners to deliver communications activity that increases vaccine confidence and counters health misinformation.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Cabinet Office (the 'Authority') has awarded a contract to the supplier to deliver a portfolio of training courses to support communications capability building, focus on training users from both the UK and international partners in the use of Digital Communications.

### Procurement Information

This contract was Direct Awarded under Reg 32(2) (c) of the Public Procurement Regulations. Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive. The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is a serious infectious respiratory disease and its consequences pose a risk to life. The Platform was needed addressing the immediate health response, the G7 was seeking to promote fair and equitable access to vaccines, supported via ACT-A/COVAX, and consider how to address barriers to the rapid distribution and take-up of vaccines. The widespread misinformation about the importance, safety and effectiveness of vaccines is one such barrier. Its impact on the level of confidence and trust our and other countries' citizens have in vaccines poses a risk to uptake globally, and therefore the success of our overall response. The FCDO prioritised a set of countries for urgent support given the challenges with the vaccine roll-out and levels of vaccine hesitancy. The urgency of the platform is reinforced by the variant that emerged in India and India's 2nd wave in March 2021 and the high levels of vaccine hesitancy in India. There is also an additional variation to this contract for an uplift in value of an additional PS524,601.58. This modification has been made in accordance with PCR Regulation 72(1)(e): where the modifications, irrespective of their value, are not substantial within the meaning of paragraph (8). Phase 2 development work was needed to further enhance the Platform to deliver the outcomes needed.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006203-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,557,584 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CABINET OFFICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2AS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ENGINE PARTNERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79341400 - Advertising campaign services
- 80420000 - E-learning services

## Release History

- 7 Mar 2022 at 16:23 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006203-2022
- 25 Feb 2022 at 12:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005294-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.Gov.uk

## Provenance

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