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NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre

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

Buyer Contact Info

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

Buyer Address: 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM, EH12 9EB

Contact Email: andrew.thong@nhs.scot

Contact Telephone: +44 1312756000

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
300000.0 GBP
Published
01 May 2025, 00:00
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
72000000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
8x8 Limited
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

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.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY529338

Link Title: NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre

Link Description: 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.

Lots

Lot 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

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Documents

Document Title: NP04725 Vaccination Service Contact Centre

Document Description: 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.

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