Notice Information
Notice Title
Expressions of Interest - Covid Outreach Programme - East Of England
Notice Description
*This is a Prior Information Notice*<br/><br/>NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU)on behalf of NHS England East of England (The Commissioners) would like to notify the market of a potential upcoming opportunity to delivery the Covid Outreach Programme in the East Of England. <br/><br/>The commissioners would like to invite interested providers to register their interest via the Atamis e-tendering portal, and to access the Outreach COVID-19 vaccination programme Schedule (2A).<br/><br/>All interested providers are invited to participate in an early market engagement assessment questionnaire. This will be used as a conduit to ascertain market capability and interest in the opportunity and help determine the appropriate way forward and to help inform the commissioners on which procurement process to carry out i.e. a Competitive Process or a Most Suitable Provider Process.<br/><br/>The contract length will be for a 1 year term. <br/><br/>The value of the service provision resulting from this Procurement Process will be:<br/> <br/>* PS7.54 for administration of each covid 19 vaccination plus an additional PS2.50 where seasonal influenza is not given<br/>* PS10 per dose administered to housebound patients (this excludes patients resident in care homes)<br/><br/>plus an additional block amount, to be agreed.<br/><br/>Please note this PIN closes 2400hrs (Midnight) on Sunday 16th February 2025. Following the closure of the PIN notice, the Commissioner may reach out to those that have expressed an interest with further communications.
Lot Information
Lot 1
NHS England is responsible for commissioning Section 7A Public Health services which include the Covid 19 vaccination programme.
The aim of this service is to deliver access and inequality schemes in relation to the delivery of the Covid 19 vaccination programme to patients in the JCVI specified target groups across the East of England, for example the WOW bus in Norfolk and Waveney or targeted community clinics in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.
NHS England, East of England, has reviewed the existing Covid 19 services delivered across the region's 6 ICBs (currently configured according to geographies of Mid and South Essex, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Norfolk and Waveney, Hertfordshire and West Essex, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and Suffolk, North East Essex).
To streamline our commissioning approach and ensure equity, it is our intention to consider moving to commission a single service for the East of England Region. It is our intention for this contract to commence 1st April 2025.
The Commissioner is placing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) which will be used as a conduit to obtain feedback from the market and ascertain market capability and interest in the opportunity.
Please note this PIN closes 2400hrs (Midnight) on Sunday 16th February 2025. Following the closure of the PIN notice, the Commissioner may reach out to those that have expressed an interest with further communications. 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dcc6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004173-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Feb 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- stacey.thrower@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- TLH East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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