NHSE499 - Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu)

North of England Commissioning Support is a care system support organisation and has managed this procurement process for the provision of School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) for and on behalf of NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria and NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria (the Contracting Authorities). The Contracting Authorities were procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) across 4 Lots as follows: Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria) Lot 2 - North (including Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead) Lot 3 - Central (including Sunderland, South Tyneside, County Durham) Lot 4 - South (including Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland). NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria is the responsible Contracting Authority for the South Cumbria area within Lot 1, however for the purpose of this procurement NHS England North East and Yorkshire were managing this procurement on behalf of Lancashire and South Cumbria and therefore the lead Contracting Authority was NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria. The Contracting Authorities planed for a contract commencement date of 01September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. The required services for this procurement are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 No1319) (PCR 2015). Schedule 3 services are not subject to the full regime of PCR 2015 but are instead governed by the Light-Touch Regime (LTR)Chapter 3, Section 7, Regulations 74 to 77 of PCR 2015. Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the PRC 2015, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Contracting Authorities ('Open', 'Restricted', 'Competitive Procedure with Negotiation', 'Competitive other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authorities intends to hold itself bound by PCR 2015, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Schedule 3 of PCR 2015. The Contracting Authorities have run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally and has followed the basic principles of the Open Procedure(Regulation 27 of PCR 2015) to test the capacity, capability, technical and financial competence of bidders. Tender documentation was available from 12:00 noon on 05 December2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns was 12:00 noon on 09January 2023. This procurement was conducted using an e-tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal can be found at: (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu) (Bidders were asked to follow the registration instructions if they were not already registered) and search for the project NHSE449 Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu). Bidders wee to note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection. Should tenderers have had any queries regarding In-Tend a dedicated helpdesk was available and could be contacted on +44 8442728810 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk The Contracting Authorities and North of England Commissioning Support reserved the right to cancel the tender process at any point and would not beheld liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract.