II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission a Greater Manchester Integrated Vaccination and Immunisation Service (IVIS) (School Aged Immunisation Service SAIS & School Age Flu programme)
NHS England - North West wish to commission an effective school-aged service for the delivery of national routine vaccination programmes. individual vaccine programme to be delivered are currently as follows:
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis (Td/IPV) booster
• Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) conjugate vaccine
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) catch up vaccinations.
• School-aged children's Seasonal Influenza vaccinations
This service will provide a comprehensive vaccination and immunisation service to any eligible child attending a school in the commissioned area or not attending a school but registered with a GP and/or unregistered with a GP but resident in the commissioned area via a "hub and spoke model" of delivery, aligning both GM and national vaccination strategies across the GM ICB footprint.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The annual maximum annual contract value is £7,720,695.23 and the total contract value over 7 years is £54,044,866.60
The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon on 19 July 2024.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Providers are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
All bids will be fully evaluated against a quality and cost criteria, the highest scoring bidder will have a further due diligence evaluation undertaken of the self-certification statements.
Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2024/S 000-010602.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm
Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 18 June 2024.
TO NOTE: At the time of publication the relevant authority is NHS England - North West, due to the impending delegation of the commissioning of this service to NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board it is likely that by the time the contract is awarded the Relevant Authority will have changed to NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.'