Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-12-16
Buyer: NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Estimated value: 1710084 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and has managed this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber) (the Contracting Authority).
The Contracting Authority procured 5 to 19 years Vaccination and Immunisation and Childhood Flu Services for North Yorkshire and York. The contract is to commence on 01 April 2018 and will be for a period of 3 years.
The Contracting Authority set a financial threshold at a maximum payment of 10.00 GBP per vaccination (inclusive of CQUIN). The overall anticipated financial threshold for this procurement is 1710084 GBP inclusive of CQUIN based on meeting the national targets for the 3-year contract duration as detailed in II.2.4.
Tender documentation was available on PROACTIS from 12:00 noon on Monday 19 June 2017 until 12:00 noon on 20 July 2017.
The Contracting Authority has procured 5 to 19 years Vaccination and Immunisation and Childhood Flu Services for North Yorkshire and York. The contract is to commence on 01 April 2018 and will be for a period of 3 years. Based on achievement of the KPIs within the contract documentation, the contract value for 2018/19 is 521080 GBP, 570028 GBP for 2019/20, and 618976 GBP for 2020/21.
This is an activity-based contract and reconciliations will be undertaken annually. It is important to note that financial years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 include additional school years 5, 6, and 7 respectively to cover school aged flu.
Currently, it is uncertain whether this additional roll-out will be implemented but in accordance with prudence the financial impact of these additional vaccinations has been included in the financial envelope.
The maximum cost of 10.00 GBP per vaccination (inclusive of CQUIN) will remain the same. The closing time and date for tender return were 12:00 noon on 20 July 2017.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may have applied to this contract. Bidders were advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applied, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
Public contracts for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) was awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
This procurement was conducted via NECS e-Tendering system (PROACTIS) and accordingly, there were no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and the Contracting Authority including tender submissions were conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
Bidders were requested to express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and (if they had not already done so) register on the PROACTIS e-Tendering portal, which can be found at:
NOTE: It is free to register on PROACTIS, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
The Contracting Authority acted in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps.
The rules relating to appeal are complex and dissatisfied tenderers were advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Award value: 1710084
Number of bids: 2