Published date: 26 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 October 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

SO50 5PB

Value of contract

£10,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

CF-1891500D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

26 September 2023

Closing date

3 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 October 2023

Contract end date

15 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

We are looking for a community group (supplier) with extensive expertise and experience of increasing health literacy within the British Kashmiri and South Asian populations, to sensitively and appropriately deliver a programme of activities (as detailed below) to tackle vaccine complacency and promote health and vaccination literacy within South Asian and Muslim communities impacted by health inequalities and language barriers.

Activities:
1. Health literacy (video, audio, social media content, leaflets and posters) - co-develop and distribute unique and translated (Pahari, Urdu and English) bespoke marketing materials with input from trusted local voices and relevant community organisations. These will answer questions from the community and help people understand:
a. How vaccines work and are developed
b. How COVID-19 vaccination forms part of a proven and trusted NHS vaccination history
c. How to access COVID-19 and other childhood and adult vaccinations
d. Availability of / access to other vaccinations (e.g., flu, shingles, routine childhood vaccines)
e. Improving vaccine literacy and explaining how people (and family members) can access COVID-19 vaccinations if eligible, as well as how routine vaccinations will enable meaningful conversations to start and help reduce further health outbreaks. This will be backed by direct community action and engagement to further boost vaccine literacy.

2. Organise and host community a health & wellbeing activity or street health teams activity in each of the15 target locations listed below:
• Bolton
• Brent
• Burnley
• Bury
• Hillingdon
• Leicester
• Manchester
• Redbridge
• Salford
• Sheffield
• Slough
• Stevenage
• Stockport
• Tameside
• Waltham Forest

The maximum budget is £100,000 excl. VAT

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Mike Pingstone

Address

Omega House, Southampton Road
Eastleigh
SO50 5PB
England

Email

scwcsu.justaskprocurement@nhs.net