Contract award · 17 Nov 2020

Covid 19 Vaccination Programme - Service Desk

NHS England awarded “Covid 19 Vaccination Programme - Service Desk” to Atos IT Services UK Limited for £1.04m on 17 Nov 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionIT servicesYorkshire and the Humber

BuyerNHS England
Value £1.04m

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
£1,035,283
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
IT services · Helpdesk services (CPV 72253100)
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Nov 2020
  2. Published3 Mar 2021Published 106 days after the contract date

Description

The Service Desk will act as a Single Point of Contact providing an incident advice, guidance and log-and-referral service for all NHSE/I and associate professionals working in the Vaccination Programme.

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