UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The provision of Covid Vaccination Outreach services

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities

Short description North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (NW) Region and North East & Yorkshire (NE&Y) Region (the Contracting Authorities), who are undertaking a procurement to commission Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services. Description of the procurement North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (NW) Region and North East & Yorkshire (NE&Y) Region (the Contracting Authorities) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services under NHS Standard Contract terms. The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years and 2 months commencing on 01 February 2024, with the option to extend by 2 years.

This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process. North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire (the Relevant Authority) who have are undertaken a competition process to provide Covid Vaccination Program - Covid Outreach Service - NECS574. Contract Start: 1 October 2025 Contract End: 31 March 2026 The contract term is for an initial period of 6 months commencing on 01 October 2025, with an option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

North East Adult Sexual Assault Referral Centre Services for the Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police force areas.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and has managed this procurement process for the provision of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for NHS England North East and Yorkshire - (South Yorkshire (SYB)) and (North East & North Cumbria (NENC)) and NHS England Midlands under a co-commissioning agreement for the patient cohort of Bassetlaw (the Contracting Authorities). The Contracting Authorities were procuring AAA Screening Programmes across Lot 1 - SYB (incorporating Bassetlaw patient cohort), and Lot 2 - NENC. The Contracting Authorities planed for a contract commencement date of 01 October 2023 for a contract term of an initial 5-years with the option to extend the contract by a further 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. The annual financial threshold was as follows: Lot 1 - SYB - Annual Cohort 10,548 at a maximum rate of 55 GBP per unit per annum based on 85% uptake of the annual cohort 493,130 GBP per annum x 7-years 3,451,910 GBP. Lot 2 - NENC - Annual Cohort 22,122 at a maximum rate of 55.00 GBP per unit per annum based on 85% uptake of the annual cohort 1,034,220 GBP per annum x 7-years 7,239,540 GBP. The basic principles of the Open Procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR 2015), for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts. "Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider: - How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and - How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. - Whether to undertake any consultation on the above. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to consider the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being" by utilising the UK Governments Social Value Model. This procurement was conducted using an e-tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal could be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Bidders were asked to follow the registration instructions if they were not already registered) and search for the project NHSE561 - ITT- North East & Yorkshire - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (AAA). Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day if you have a working internet connection. Should tenderer's have had any queries regarding In-Tend a dedicated helpdesk was available and could be contacted on +44 8442728810 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) did apply. Bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The Contracting Authorities and NECS reserved the right to cancel the tender process at any point and would not be held liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract. Tender documentation was available from 12:00 noon on 11 January 2023 and the closing time and date for tender returns was 12:00 noon on 20 February 2023.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice following the previous publication of a Prior Information Notice and mandatory 14 Day waiting period to allow for EOI and representations in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 05 November 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' Previous notices regarding this service include: 2024/S 000-031351 2024/S 000-031666 North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice (the Relevant Authority) who intend to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award a contract for the provision of an Enhanced Mental Health Path Finder Service for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Complex Trauma in West Yorkshire. The contract is a single Enhanced Mental Health Path Finder Service for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Complex Trauma in West Yorkshire - Bradford. The contract will be for a period of 2 years and 4 months commencing on 01 December 2024.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition to commission North East and Yorkshire Health & Justice Non-Custodial Services.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission Dental Services to be delivered from HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike.

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services for Leeds Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities

NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (the Relevant Authority) intends to award these contracts under the Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to these awards. Following the government's acceptance of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice that the NHS should implement: • a routine mpox pre-exposure vaccination programme building on the existing offer JCVI statement on mpox vaccination as a routine programme - GOV.UK • a routine opportunistic gonorrhoea vaccination programme JCVI advice on the use of meningococcal B vaccination for the prevention of gonorrhoea - GOV.UK The Relevant Authority is now seeking suitable providers by no later than 01 September 2025 necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net to deliver the vaccinations alongside existing vaccination programmes (HPV GBMSM) delivered in place-based Local Authority commissioned sexual health services. Providers must deliver sexual health services in identified localities and work with partners to ensure effective programme coverage and equity of access to the local eligible population. The JCVI advised that the vaccination programmes, which have similar eligibility criteria, should primarily target gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) who meet the eligibility criteria and are at highest risk of exposure to Mpox and Gonorrhoea. There may also be a small number of individuals other than GBMSM with a similar risk of infection as the eligible GBMSM groups who can be offered the vaccines. Individuals should be identified through sexual health services using markers of high risk of infection. This includes a recent history of multiple sexual partners or recent bacterial sexually transmitted infection. Full details on the eligible cohorts for each programme are available in the service specifications for each programme. Funding of £10.06 will be provided for each dose of vaccine delivered to members of the identified cohort. An additional £8.00 per vaccination delivered will be provided in 2025/26 to support mobilisation. This additional implementation payment will be reviewed in advance of 2026/27 contract year. As these are newly developed programmes, no baseline activity level for these vaccinations is available. Activity delivered in 2025/26 will be used to determine an Indicative Activity Plan for 2026/27 and future contract years. Providers should build on the existing delivery of vaccinations including HPV GBMSM and the accelerated Mpox vaccination programme (where implemented) and make arrangements to deliver to the eligible population accessing their services from August 2025. Providers should be offering both vaccines by no later than 01 September 2025. Eligible providers must: • Hold a current Local Authority contract for the delivery of Sexual Health Services for one or more of the Lots/Localities as identified in this procurement process. • Pass all questions within the Regulation 20 questionnaire parts 1 and part 2 and the associated quality and financial stability assessment in part 3 of the questionnaire. To commence in August 2025 and providers should be offering both vaccines by no later than 01 September 2025. The contract term will be co-terminus with the Local Authority contract for Sexual Health Services as highlighted for each Location/Lot which includes any permissible extension periods which would be subject to the enactment of the Local Authority: Locations/Lots: Yorkshire & Humber: • Lot 1 - North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire • Lot 2 - Hull • Lot 3 - East Riding • Lot 4 - Leeds • Lot 5 - Bradford • Lot 6 - Kirklees • Lot 7 - Wakefield • Lot 8 - Barnsley • Lot 9 - Doncaster North East and North Cumbria: • Lot 10 - Newcastle Upon Tyne

Section 7a Public Health Services within Sexual Health services Provision of Cervical Screening, and HPV vaccinations for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within Sexual Health Services commissioned by Local Authorities.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (Yorkshire and Humber), Health and Justice Team (the Contracting Authority), who have commissioned Primary Care Service (Medical and Nursing) including Integrated Substance Misuse Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike and Integrated Mental Health including Learning Disabilities and Autism Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike.

Contract awarded by NHS England (North East and Yorkshire - Yorkshire and the Humber) for the provision of Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services (IMOS) for the population of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and the Humber locality. A Single Tender Action has been enacted to support service review and redesign, continued patient access required, for IMOS service provision across Yorkshire and the Humber. Direct contract award pending changes to the health system and delegation of functions to ICBs, ensuring providers have capacity to bid, post Covid, and commissioners can be responsive to the market and ensure appropriate consultation and engagement is undertaken to inform the commissioning of services that meet the needs of the population. The Contracting Authority intends to commission new services in line with relevant legislation. Future procurement processes will be published via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Contract awarded by NHS England (North East and Yorkshire - Yorkshire and the Humber) for the provision of Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services (IMOS) for the population of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and the Humber locality. A Single Tender Action has been enacted to support service review and redesign, continued patient access required, for IMOS service provision across Yorkshire and the Humber. Direct contract award pending changes to the health system and delegation of functions to ICBs, ensuring providers have capacity to bid, post Covid, and commissioners can be responsive to the market and ensure appropriate consultation and engagement is undertaken to inform the commissioning of services that meet the needs of the population. The Contracting Authority intends to commission new services in line with relevant legislation. Future procurement processes will be published via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire (the Relevant Authority) who followed the Direct Award Process A under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to award contracts for the provision of Opportunistic Cervical Screening and HPV GBMSM Vaccinations in Integrated Sexual Health Services for Leeds and North & North East Lincolnshire. Potential providers must be currently providing a Local Authority commissioned integrated sexual health service within the localities of Leeds and North & North East Lincolnshire.