Contract award · 9 Oct 2020

Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Delivery

NHS England awarded “Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Delivery” to St John Ambulance for £48.2m on 9 Oct 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careYorkshire and the Humber

BuyerNHS England
Value £48.2m

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS England · Body governed by public law
Value
£48,240,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Oct 2020
  2. Published24 Feb 2021Published 138 days after the contract date

Description

To deploy 30,500 volunteers to meet additional workforce demands in the following areas nationally: o Vaccinator volunteer o Volunteer Patient Advocate o Vaccination Care Volunteer

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