School-Based Immunisation & Childhood Flu Immunisation Programmes

North of England Commission Support (NECS) on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) are hosting a market engagement event for the School Based Immunisation and Childhood Flu Immunisation Programmes across Cumbria and the North East.

It is anticipated that the services will be procured in Lots and the contracts will start 1 September 2017:

Lot 1 - Cumbria (North, East and West);

Lot 2 - Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

The event will focus on providing bid writing skills which will be presented by a professional bid writer, information about the specification and use of PROACTIS.

The event will be held on Friday 20 January 2017 at Holiday Inn Newcastle - Jesmond, Jesmond Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1PR from 9.30am to approximately 1.30pm. Free car parking is available on site. http://www.hinewcastle.co.uk/

If your organisation would like to attend the market engagement event please complete the Event Booking Form by 12 noon on 19 January 2017. Your Event Booking Form should be sent via the 'questions' tab. Places are limited to 4 per organisation.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this event and to communicate with potential bidders.

Please register on PROACTIS:

https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS

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 you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; you should contact the PROACTIS helpdesk via:

Suppliersupport@proactis.com or

http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm