School Aged Immunisations Services - NHS England & NHS Improvement South East

This is to inform the market of future commissioning intentions in the South East Region for NHS England & NHS Improvement for School Aged Immunisations Services.

NHS England and NHS Improvement has extended six contracts for School Aged Immunisations (SAI) services held by the South East Region, to achieve a contract end date for each of them of July 2024, in order to allow services to complete and catch up on the programme of work which was delayed and expanded due to the pandemic. As a result of all of the material factors, the extension is justified under regulation 72 (1)(b).

The school aged immunisation services to which this aggregated Notice applies to are:

• Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Buckingham Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

• Kent Community Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Please note the timescales have changed from previous communications, these are indicative and any planned procurement may be subject to change due to legislative changes expected in 2022.

The indicative timeline below is for School Aged Immunisation (SAI) opportunities in the South East Region for:

• Berkshire

• Buckinghamshire

• Oxfordshire

• Kent and Medway

• Sussex

Market and stakeholder engagement to commence - Early 2023

Publication of tender - March 2023

Planned contract commencement - August 2024

South Central and West Commissioning Support (CSU) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is acting on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement