# Provision of ICT Support Engineers \(ecm\_8135\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Public Health England
- Contract winner: [Venn Group Ltd](/contract-winners/venn-group/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,849,347
- Tender value: £1,849,347
- Award date: 1 December 2019
- Published: 31 March 2021
- Contract start: 1 December 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9e252954-106e-4981-8e3e-bad11780b013-425318
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-05530a43-2fff-45e4-87d4-02f2437b58e9

## Description

The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens\. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern \(PHEIC\) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020\. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020\. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 \(CCA 2004\)\. This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak\. PHE has made purchases from Venn Group Ltd for the supply of ICT support engineers\. Emergency purchases of laboratory products, temporary staffing etc had to be made to assist Public Health England support the Government in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic\. Due to the emergency nature of these purchases, no formal contract was awarded but PHE's Purchase Order formed the contract\. An example Purchase Order is attached\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9e252954-106e-4981-8e3e-bad11780b013-425318)