Children and Young People's Community Immunisation Service in London

Description

This is an Opportunity Notice to notify the market of the intention of NHS England (London Region) hereafter referred to as "the Authority" to undertake a procurement for Children and Young People's community Immunisation Service (CYPCIS) in London. NHS England London Region is looking to commission service providers for the delivery of Section 7A immunisation programmes in London for 5 ICB geographical areas for children and young people between the ages of 0-19 years. The commissioned service provider for each ICB area will be expected to deliver a range of community and school aged immunisations to those eligible as per the Green Book and JCVI recommendations. The immunisation programmes set within the Section 7A portfolio include: 1. Neonatal BCG immunisation programme (for those at risk of exposure and/or TB infection aged 0-1 year, in line with Green Book recommendations) 2. Seasonal childhood influenza immunisation programme in accordance with the Annual Flu Letter each year 3. Adolescent MenACWY immunisation programme 4. Adolescent School Leaver Booster- Td/IPV (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Polio) 5. Adolescent HPV immunisation programme 6. Immunisation "catch-up" immunisation opportunities (this includes but not limited to checking immunisation status, and if uncertain or incomplete to administer MMR1/MMR2) 7. Vaccine Preventable Disease outbreak response in education and community settings (0-19 years) 8. Contribute to outreach, through Provider collaboration and support for delivery of immunisations in Primary Care and community settings. The contract term is for a period of five (5) years with an option for extension of further two (2) years. The total contract value is £108,221,743 . For each of the 5 geographical areas, the prices are: Lot 1 (NEL) - £27,196,030 Lot 2 (NCL) - £16,592,472 Lot 3 (NWL)- £25,335,232 Lot 4 (SWL)- £18,978,133 Lot 5 (SEL) - £20,119,876 To note, current investment, as described, does not take into account additional tariff based investment for the delivery of the opportunistic (catch-up) immunisation in schools for children and young people presenting with an uncertain or incomplete immunisation status. For these programmes (excluding 1-5 above), the investment is based on a tariff priced at £10.06 per dose of vaccine administered and for the delivery of outbreak response. Additional information: The Procurement is being managed by the NHS London Commercial Hub (NHS LCH) hosted by NEL ICB, on behalf of the Authority, in connection with a competitive Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise that is being conducted via a process, based in part on the open procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The Service falls within the scope of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) - Section 7 (Reg 74-76) of the Regulations governing procurement of Health, Social and related services listed under Schedule 3 of the Regulations. None of the references to "Open procedure", "ITT", the use of the term "tender process", or any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions. Bidders are also to note that information relating to this procurement is provided in good faith, and may be subject to amendment by The Authority. Bidders are able to bid for any number or combination of the Lots. The contract values vary per Lot. See documentation for details. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=ee3e7fec-cf32-ee11-8124-005056b64545 (Link to proContract) Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address. Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=ee3e7fec-cf32-ee11-8124-005056b64545 (Link to ProContract) How to apply: Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section

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