--- title: "Vaccine Volunteer Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035198" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-035198" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035198.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035198.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2022-07-13" --- # Vaccine Volunteer Support Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035198 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-035198) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-035198.json) ## Summary NHS England is currently running an open tender titled "Vaccine Volunteer Support," focused on community health services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The procurement process aims to secure a supplier for managing a trained volunteer workforce to aid healthcare professionals in administering vaccines across England. The contract has an estimated value of £13 million and is set to commence on 26th September 2022, with an end date of 31st March 2023, although there is an option to extend the contract by up to 24 months. Bids for this opportunity must be submitted by 15th August 2022, and the contract will be awarded on the same day as bid opening. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in workforce management, training, and healthcare services, particularly those that have experience with volunteer programmes or public health initiatives. Organisations that can demonstrate capacity to provide a flexible and sustainable workforce will be well-suited to compete for this contract. The ability to align training standards with NHS requirements and to facilitate effective volunteer engagement across varying healthcare settings could differentiate successful bidders. ## Notice As part of the response to the Covid-19 global pandemic, NHS England (NHSE) established a programme for the deployment of approved vaccines to the population of England. To support the programme, NHSE procured a volunteer workforce that was trained and authorised to provide assistance to clinically registered health care professionals to administer the vaccine. NHSE is seeking to facilitate continuity of this provision via an open tender process. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Workforce and Training workstream is responsible for the design, resourcing, training and sustainability of workforce to enable programme delivery. The workstream informs programme strategy, works with all other programme workstreams, with regional and sub-regional programme and workforce leads. It is responsible for national design, training, and contracting to support workforce deployment and assurance, to ensure there is sufficient workforce in place to meet demand across England. As part of its ongoing legal obligation to deliver the Programme, NHS England is inviting organisations that are capable of providing and managing suitably qualified and trained volunteers to bid for the opportunity, recently shared to the open market, to provide the Services, detailed in the ITT. Bidders will be required to respond to this opportunity within the published tender and to the dates detailed. NHSE is seeking to appoint one provider of the Services nationally that health care providers can call upon to assist delivery of the Programme. The procurement is designed to secure a supplier to continue the provision of Vaccination Volunteers and associated services that provide and enable the provision of support to clinical services to the Programme, needed to continue delivery of the Covid 19 and flu Vaccine Deployment for approximately 6 months, until the provisional end date of 31st March 2023, with the option of extending up to a maximum contract duration of 24 months. The key objectives of the procurement are to award a contract that delivers the following: - Workforce that is suitable, sustainable, and resilient - Contingency workforce (surge) capability - Alignment to the minimum training standards and competencies to ensure safe and efficient delivery of the vaccine - A volunteer workforce that is representative of the communities they serve - Flexible provision of limited mobile or 'roving' services - NHS Regional and systems engagement, across all delivery settings - External and commercial supplier contracting and engagement - Business intelligence, digital management, and analytical services - Commercial and contract management - Programme governance The value of the contract is estimated to cost between: PS4.5m - PS13m. Depending on whether extensions detailed in the ITT are utilized. Renewal: The contract will initially be offered with expiration to March 31st 2023. an option will exist to extend the Contract for further periods to bring the total contract period up to a total of 12, 18 or 24 months from the initial date of contract commencement. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019184-2022 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Jul 2022 | | Submission deadline | 15 Aug 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £13,000,000 | | Lots value | £13,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS2 7UE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 13 Jul 2022 at 13:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019184-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ - https://www.england.nhs.uk// ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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