# Specialist support to the central NHSE/I Ambulance team to support the management of the Covid 19 Pandemic

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS England](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
- Award value: £58,000
- Tender value: £58,000
- Award date: 31 March 2020
- Published: 23 September 2020
- Contract start: 1 April 2020
- Contract end: 30 June 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4d966116-85d3-4105-b861-b637b158e2e7-382932
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-46594188-c45b-4fa3-911d-310bb35b883a

## Description

Specialist support to the central NHSE/I Ambulance team with a range of extensive initiatives related to the management of the Covid 19 Pandemic: - Support to the Covid 19 Ambulance Cell\. - Establishment of a new NHSE assurance group the Ambulance Policy Advisory and Assurance Group\. - Technical and operational surveillance of ambulance call taking and triage systems providing an early identification of risks and issues to NHSE/I together with potential solutions\. - Supporting NHSE/I and the National Ambulance Coordination Centre in disseminating and managing complex communications\. - Review of the governance and quality assurance processes for the release of updated Codes\. - Development of NHSE/I Overarching Principles for alternative call taking processes\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d966116-85d3-4105-b861-b637b158e2e7-382932)