Published date: 30 January 2020
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
South East, South West
Value of contract
£19,562,029
Procurement reference
PR003252/AN
Published date
30 January 2020
Closing date
7 August 2019
Contract start date
1 August 2020
Contract end date
31 July 2027
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
NHS England & NHS Improvement South East and South West sought to commission immunisation programmes aimed at school aged children across the following three geographical lots:
• Dorset (including Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole)
• Hampshire
• Solent (Portsmouth, Southampton & the Isle of Wight)
The purpose of national immunisation programmes is to protect the population from vaccine preventable illnesses and reduce the associated morbidity and mortality and the burden this places on health services. This includes reducing the risk of individuals infecting others (herd immunity), particularly those who cannot be vaccinated either because they are too young or for medical reasons. Collectively the programmes protect young people against a range of infectious diseases which can lead to death or severe, permanent disability requiring long term care such as limb amputations, brain injury, paralysis and cancer.
The aim of the project is to secure provision, for each of the Lots, which can achieve and sustain high levels of coverage of the immunisation programmes in scope overall as well as at the level of individual schools/communities and population groups e.g. those who typically have difficulty accessing services. Coverage will be measured in the year the vaccination is first offered and in subsequent school years. The ambition is to be in the top quartile for the country for each vaccination programme and in each lot.
There are currently four programmes for children of school age relevant to this procurement:
• the Seasonal Influenza immunisation programme
• the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation programme
• the Tetanus, Diphtheria and inactivated Polio (Td/IPV) adolescent booster programme
• the Meningitis ACWY immunisation programme
In addition, the provider will offer a catch-up service for under-immunised children in line with the national measles eradication strategy.
The programmes are continually evolving. By 2020, the HPV programme will have been extended to boys as well as girls and the flu programme will have been extended to school year 6. Further school years may be announced for the flu programme in due course. The scope may also be extended in future to include additional programmes, as advised/ recommended by the Joint Committee of Vaccinations and Immunisations and/or at the request of the commissioner. Any provider will have to demonstrate an ability to respond positively to programme changes and implement them in a timely fashion to a high standard.
The contract term will be 5 years, with the option to extend by a further 2 years, and will commence on 1st August 2020.
Interested parties were allowed to bid for one or more lots. Evaluations were based on Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT).
This procurement was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Opportunity
- Published 3 June 2019
Additional text
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The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
Award information
Awarded date
9 December 2019
Contract start date
1 August 2020
Contract end date
31 July 2027
Total value of contract
£19,562,029
This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.
Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust
Address
Sentinel House
4-6 Nuffield Road
Poole Dorset
BH17 0RBReference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
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Awarded Lot 1 - Dorset (including Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole)
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sterne 7
Tatchbury Mount
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 4RZReference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
-
Awarded Lot 2 - Hampshire
Solent NHS Trust
Address
Highpoint Venue
Bursledon Road
Southampton
SO19 8BR
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
-
Awarded Lot 3 - Solent (Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight)
About the buyer
Contact name
Tom Griffiths
Address
South Plaza,Marlborough Street
BRISTOL
BS13NX
England
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