Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-27
Buyer: NHS England South (South Central)
Country: UK
Region: SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1460000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS E South (South Central) — School Aged Immunisation Service to Lot 1 Bath and North East Somerset and Lot 2 Swindon.
NHS England South (South Central) (the Commissioner) seeks to commission School Aged Immunisation Service to Lot1, Bath & North East Somerset and Lot 2, Swindon. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCWCSU) on behalf of the Commissioners.
The aim of the School Aged Immunisation Service is to prevent the eligible population, which is defined as any eligible child attending a school, or not attending a school but registered with a GP within the defined geographic boundaries, from developing vaccine preventable childhood diseases that are associated with significant mortality and morbidity.
The following vaccines, which form part of the national childhood immunisation programme, will be commissioned by the service with the purpose of preventing the infections and outbreaks caused by these organisms:
— seasonal influenza (flu) immunisation programmes for children (the cohort is expected to expand in future years); and
— reduce morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer by routinely offering the HPV vaccination to 12- to 13-year-old girls;
— maintain immunity against tetanus, diphtheria and polio, which are associated with significant mortality and morbidity with the Td/IPV (teenage booster) vaccine;
— protect the population against meningococcal disease resulting from bacterial infection, which includes meningitis and septicaemia with the MenACWY vaccine;
— protect children in school years 1, 2 and 3 against seasonal flu, and reduce its transmission to other children and adults;
— protect school aged children against any other vaccine preventable diseases as determined by the Commissioner and in collaboration with the Department of Health and Public Health England.
The contract duration (for both Lots) will be for an initial term of 4 years, with a possible extension period up to a further 12 months, as defined and at the discretion of the Commissioner.
The expected service commencement date (for both Lots) is the 1.4.2017 with a contract expiry (for both Lots) of the 31.3.2021.
The aim of the School Aged Immunisation Service is to prevent the eligible population, which is defined as any eligible child attending a school in Bath & North East Somerset, or not attending a school but registered with a GP in Bath & North East Somerset, from developing vaccine preventable childhood diseases that are associated with significant mortality and morbidity.
The following vaccines, which form part of the national childhood immunisation programme, will be commissioned by the service with the purpose of preventing the infections and outbreaks caused by these organisms:
— seasonal influenza (flu) immunisation programmes for children (the cohort is expected to expand in future years); and