Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Improvement
Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/authority
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Digital Staff Passsports
Reference number
Atamis Ref: C31065
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
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.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,250,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.14) 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
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
21 May 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
NHSEI and NHSX will be hosting an early Market engagement event via webinar (MS Teams) on Wednesday 12th May from 11am - 12noon.
This event will be limited to two persons per Supplier, to manage virtual platform capacity.
Please register your attendance at this event via Julian.Farley@nhs.net.
Your email title should reference - Digital Staff Passports Webinar
Please confirm (a) Company Name (b) Name of Attendee/s (c) Job/Position title.
A formal MS Teams invite will follow.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=222712.
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