Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-08-05
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement - East of England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement – East of England (referred to as the Commissioners) is seeking market input to support the development of its proposal prior to publication of the formal procurement opportunity "Provision of Community and School Aged Immunisation Services across Essex and East Anglia". Any Organisation(s) who may be interested in this opportunity are invited to complete a short questionnaire by10:00 am on 19.8.2019.
Please note this is purely a market assessment exercise to gather information on potential providers. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published. The responses received during the market assessment exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process.
The aim of the service is to deliver immunisation services to all eligible children and young people in school and other settings where appropriate (Pupil Referral Units, Home Schooling) across Essex. The service should provide a dynamic, high performing, safe, effective and dedicated immunisation service that encompasses the immunisation programmes. The service should engage all children and young people and their parents and should be well known to the community it serves.
— Seasonal flu immunisation including Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) and Intramuscular (IM) vaccines in line with national roll out plans. This includes special schools (students and staff),
The aim of the service is to deliver immunisation services to all eligible children and young people in school and other settings where appropriate (Pupil Referral Units, Home Schooling) across East Anglia (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Suffolk and Norfolk). The service should provide a dynamic, high performing, safe, effective and dedicated immunisation service that encompasses the immunisation programmes. The service should engage all children and young people and their parents and should be well known to the community it serves.
— Seasonal flu immunisation including Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) and Intramuscular (IM) vaccines in line with national roll out plans. This includes special schools (students and staff),
The Commissioner is seeking market input to support the development of its proposal prior to publication of the formal procurement opportunity. If your organisation wishes to contribute, please register against Quote/tender 36183 in EU Supply (https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu) and complete the short questionnaire. You should provide any rationale for your responses within the questionnaire. This information will be kept confidential and considered in designing the scope of the service.
An expression of interest in this PIN will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published.