Published date: 2 December 2022

This notice was replaced on 12 May 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 12 May 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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£27,541,780 to £30,601,977

Procurement reference

NHSE499 ITT

Published date

2 December 2022

Closing date

9 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 August 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support is a care system support organisation and is managing this procurement process for the provision of School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) for and on behalf of NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria and NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria (the Contracting Authorities).
The Contracting Authorities are procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) across 4 Lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria)
Lot 2 - North (including Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead)
Lot 3 - Central (including Sunderland, South Tyneside, County Durham)
Lot 4 - South (including Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland).
NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria is the responsible Contracting Authority for the South Cumbria area within Lot 1, however for the purpose of this procurement NHS England North East and Yorkshire will be managing this procurement on behalf of Lancashire and South Cumbria and therefore the lead Contracting Authority will be NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria.
The Contracting Authorities plan for a contract commencement date of 01September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
The required services for this procurement are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
The Contracting Authorities will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally and will follow the basic principles of the Open Procedure(Regulation 27 of PCR 2015) to test the capacity, capability, technical and financial competence of bidders.
Tender documentation will be available from 12:00 noon on 05 December 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 09 January 2023.
This procurement will be conducted using In-Tend which can be found at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu
(Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and search for the project NHSE449 Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu).
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection. Should tenderers have any queries regarding In-Tend a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted on +44 8442728810 or email:
support@in-tend.co.uk
The Contracting Authorities and North of England Commissioning Support reserve the right to cancel the tender process at any point and will not beheld liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract.


More information

Links

  • https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu
  • Procurement plan
  • This procurement will be conducted using an e-tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and search for the project NHSE449 Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu).

    Tender documentation will be available from 12:00 noon on 05 December 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 09 January 2023.

About the buyer

Contact name

john mcgee

Address

John Snow House
Co. Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01642746918

Email

NECSU.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://www.necsu.nhs.uk/