Market Briefing Event - School Aged Immunisation Service in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) is holding a Market Briefing Event via Microsoft Teams on 26th August 2021 from 10-11am in relation to School Aged Immunisation (SAI) Services within the Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire areas.

To register a place on the Market Briefing Event please send a correspondence through the relevant project on the e-tendering portal at the link below by Midday on Monday 23rd August 2021, once registered a link for the Teams event will be sent via email:

South, Central and West CSU Electronic Tendering Site - Project Manage - Tender (in-tendhost.co.uk)

The correspondence should include the following information:

Name of attendee(s)

Job Title

Email Address

Phone Number

At this stage, it is the Commissioner's intention to undertake a procure ment exercise with the aim of securing high quality, responsive, safe and sustainable School Aged Immunisation programmes for BaNES, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire (BGSW).

Whilst precise timelines are to be confirmed, the Commissioner anticipates that an Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be published in September 2021. The new contracts are scheduled to start in August 2022.

The geographical lots and contract length are still to be determined; however, the approximate annual value is £2,000,000 across the whole geography.

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice in order for providers to register for the Market Briefing Event and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement. Providers who express interest at this stage are not bound to participate in any future procurement exercise.

This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.