School Aged Immunisation Services for Kent & Medway and Sussex to NHS England South East.

Tender description

Previous Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025922-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1 (unable to link this) The NHS School Aged Immunisation (SAI) programmes cover vaccinations to all children and young people of school age, whether they attend state school, independent school, complex needs schools or alternative settings. To maintain continuity of the programme, delivering NHS England's responsibilities under the s7A agreement, it is necessary to re-procure immunisation programmes aimed at school aged children across the following geographical areas: • Sussex • Kent and Medway The aim of the procurement was to seek providers with the capability of delivering the highest possible coverage of the programmes to protect the health of young people and the wider community in which they live. Immunisation is one of the most successful and cost effective health protection interventions. High immunisation rates are key to preventing the spread of infectious disease, complications and possible early death among individuals, and to protecting the population's health. The services in scope are only those identified within SAI service specification, detailed in Appendix C. Services procured through this tender process are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations'). Lot 1: Kent and Medway The NHS School Aged Immunisation (SAI) programmes cover vaccinations to all children and young people of school age, whether they attend state school, independent school, complex needs schools or alternative settings. To maintain continuity of the programme, delivering NHS England's responsibilities under the s7A agreement, it is necessary to re-procure immunisation programmes aimed at school aged children across the following geographical areas: • Kent and Medway The aim of the procurement was to seek providers with the capability of delivering the highest possible coverage of the programmes to protect the health of young people and the wider community in which they live. Immunisation is one of the most successful and cost effective health protection interventions. High immunisation rates are key to preventing the spread of infectious disease, complications and possible early death among individuals, and to protecting the population's health. The services in scope are only those identified within SAI service specification, detailed in Appendix C. Services procured through this tender process are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations'). This procurement followed a competitive process, based on the Open procedure. The Commissioner contracted the Services using the latest version of the NHS Standard Contract. The contract started on 01st August 2024 and will end 31st July 2029 (31st July 3031 if extension option is exercised). The total contract will be £17,617,583.20, inclusive of extensions. Lot 2: Sussex The NHS School Aged Immunisation (SAI) programmes cover vaccinations to all children and young people of school age, whether they attend state school, independent school, complex needs schools or alternative settings. To maintain continuity of the programme, delivering NHS England's responsibilities under the s7A agreement, it is necessary to re-procure immunisation programmes aimed at school aged children across the following geographical areas: • Sussex The aim of the procurement was to seek providers with the capability of delivering the highest possible coverage of the programmes to protect the health of young people and the wider community in which they live. Immunisation is one of the most successful and cost effective health protection interventions. High immunisation rates are key to preventing the spread of infectious disease, complications and possible early death among individuals, and to protecting the population's health. The services in scope are only those identified within SAI service specification, detailed in Appendix C. Services procured through this tender process are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations'). This procurement followed a competitive process, based on the Open procedure. The Commissioner contracted the Services using the latest version of the NHS Standard Contract. The contract started on 01st August 2024 and will end 31st July 2029 (31st July 3031 if extension option is exercised). The total contract will be £13,060,184.95, inclusive of extensions.