Expressions of Interest - School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire

*This is a Prior Information Notice*

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands (The Commissioners) would like to notify the market of a potential upcoming opportunity to provide School-Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire.

This procurement is expected to be conducted as a 3 lot Competitive Process. Details of each lot will be made available in the tender documentation which will be made available to potential bidders once the formal contract notice is published. The service commencement date is 1 September 2025 and shall run until 31 August 2028. The contract will be for an initial three (3) year term with the option to extend for a further two (2) years. The estimated contract value is £11,747,878.

All interested providers are invited to participate in an early market engagement assessment questionnaire.

The commissioners would like to invite interested providers to register their interest via the Atamis e-tendering portal, and to access the draft specification.

Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM (Mid-day) on the 15th November 2024.

Following the closure of the PIN notice, the Commissioner may reach out to those that have expressed an interest with further communications.

The current School Aged Immunisation Service contract expires 31st August 2025. The service shall follow a national service specification, which will be made available in the competitive process documentation which will be made available to potential providers once the formal contract notice is published.

School Aged Immunisation Services are required to be delivered predominantly in a school setting and currently covers;

• 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

In addition, the provider will deliver a catch-up service for children and young people with any of the above missing vaccinations. It is important to note that vaccination schedules can change and evolve in the light of emerging best practice and scientific evidence and as such additional services may be added during the lifetime of the contract to best deliver the needs of the overall service. The Provider is required to reflect these changes accordingly in a timely way with agreement from the Commissioner.

These vaccines form part of the national routine childhood vaccination programme, which aims to prevent school-aged children from developing vaccine preventable childhood diseases that are associated with significant mortality and morbidity. High uptake of vaccinations in this population also helps to protect the wider community through herd immunity.

The Commissioner expects the school-aged immunisation service to be delivered primarily in schools with additional arrangements in place to vaccinate those service users who are not in mainstream education and those with an unknown school. The SAIS Provider must offer the Service to 100% of eligible school-aged children and young people.

Lot 1 - Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Lot 2 - Lincolnshire Lot 3 - Northamptonshire

Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM (Mid-day) on the 15th November 2024. Additional information: It is the expectation of the commissioner that the providers will review the contents of this Notice in order to inform their responses to the pre-market engagement questionnaire.

Please note the Contract Notice Publish date is only indicative at this time and is subject to change.