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NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:47.

Opportunity overview

NSS have been instructed by Scottish Government to assist the National rollout and ongoing support of the Test Trace, Isolate and Support (TTIS) Service. This contract provides a Virtual Contact Centre functionality to enable a number of agents to get in touch with Contacts as part of Contract Tracing which is a key element of the TTIS Programme.

Awarded to

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8x8 Limited

Match pending…
Contract value
£300k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Mar 2025
Award ID
018232-2025-NP04725-1
Status
active
Location
London, UK, SW9 0LS, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Public Health Scotland require a cloud based Contact Centre that by necessity will need to deliver service to up to an estimated 2000 staff members, mostly working from home. The exact number of agents is unknown and will be driven by infection and re-infection rates in the expected “second Spike”. Current Estimates on the required number of agents range from 50 – 2000. These Agents will require a Contact Centre with all normal enterprise Contact Centre functionality plus some specific routing and call handling requirements: 1) IVR routing that will direct calls to a “local” team for each of the Scottish health board regions 2) Easily Adaptable IVR messaging – delivering up to date information at the start of the call 3) Call Queuing based on Agent skills and experience for specialist enquiries 4) An outbound dialling capability to queue calls from a list created by the NHS NSS Hub Case Management System based on ServiceNow CSM. 5) Integration with this NHS NSS Hub to update client details and case notes following a call 6) Initially this Contact Centre will use voice channels only. 7) Contact Centre Agents will require access to supervisory teams. 8) Public Health Scotland Management Team will need regular, accurate reports on call volumes and other KPIs and the ability to auto generate reports and distribution to key stakeholders. 9) Agents, working from home will need both a contact centre agent desktop but also the telephony platform to make and answer calls. A unified Communications client, soft-phone, headset and DDI line. 10) Given the nature of this requirement, a rapid deployment is needed. 11) The Call Tracing Service will be in place for a minimum of 3 months and potentially up to 12. 12) Flexibility is a must, and a consumption based commercial model is preferableValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-050ae3
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
A Business Case is being developed by Public Health Scotland through the Scottish Immunisation and Vaccination Programme (SVIP) to procure a solution and there will be a requirement for a solution until this is in place. This solution will not be in place before March 2026.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
Public Health Scotland require a cloud based Contact Centre that by necessity will need to deliver service to up to an estimated 2000 staff members, mostly working from home. The exact number of agents is unknown and will be driven by infection and re-infection rates in the expected “second Spike”. Current Estimates on the required number of agents range from 50 – 2000. These Agents will require a Contact Centre with all normal enterprise Contact Centre functionality plus some specific routing and call handling requirements: 1) IVR routing that will direct calls to a “local” team for each of the Scottish health board regions 2) Easily Adaptable IVR messaging – delivering up to date information at the start of the call 3) Call Queuing based on Agent skills and experience for specialist enquiries 4) An outbound dialling capability to queue calls from a list created by the NHS NSS Hub Case Management System based on ServiceNow CSM. 5) Integration with this NHS NSS Hub to update client details and case notes following a call 6) Initially this Contact Centre will use voice channels only. 7) Contact Centre Agents will require access to supervisory teams. 8) Public Health Scotland Management Team will need regular, accurate reports on call volumes and other KPIs and the ability to auto generate reports and distribution to key stakeholders. 9) Agents, working from home will need both a contact centre agent desktop but also the telephony platform to make and answer calls. A unified Communications client, soft-phone, headset and DDI line. 10) Given the nature of this requirement, a rapid deployment is needed. 11) The Call Tracing Service will be in place for a minimum of 3 months and potentially up to 12. 12) Flexibility is a must, and a consumption based commercial model is preferable

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-115937
Name
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKM
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH12 9EB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 South Gyle Crescent

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contact

Telephone
+44 1312756000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-145808
Name
8x8 Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW9 0LS
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
4 Offley Road

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
8x8 Limited
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-1033
Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Edinburgh
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Award information

Award 1
Id
018232-2025-NP04725-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-145808
Name
8x8 Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
018232-2025-NP04725-1
Status
active
Award ID
018232-2025-NP04725-1
Date Signed
31 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
300,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Edinburgh · UKM · EH12 9EB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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