School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire

Location

London

Description

School Aged Immunisation Services are required to be delivered predominantly in a school setting and currently covers;• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis (Td/IPV) booster• Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) conjugate vaccine• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) catch up vaccinations.• School-aged children’s Seasonal Influenza vaccinationsIn addition, the provider will deliver a catch-up service for children and young people with any of the above missing vaccinations. It is important to note that vaccination schedules can change and evolve in the light of emerging best practice and scientific evidence and as such additional services may be added during the lifetime of the contract to best deliver the needs of the overall service. The Provider is required to reflect these changes accordingly in a timely way with agreement from the Commissioner.These vaccines form part of the national routine childhood vaccination programme, which aims to prevent school-aged children from developing vaccine preventable childhood diseases that are associated with significant mortality and morbidity. High uptake of vaccinations in this population also helps to protect the wider community through herd immunity.The Commissioner expects the school-aged immunisation service to be delivered primarily in schools with additional arrangements in place to vaccinate those service users who are not in mainstream education and those with an unknown school. The SAIS Provider must offer the Service to 100% of eligible school-aged children and young people.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

Regulation 13: The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023Modification of contracts and framework agreements during their term13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a contract or framework agreement for relevant health care services may be modified during its term without following a new procurement process under these Regulations only where—(a)the modification is clearly and unambiguously provided for in the contract or framework agreement documents. (i.e. that the scope and nature of the potential change has been described in detail).FMT provided the basis of pricing payable in the event of the national policy decision being made to include secondary school flu. MMR pricing was also provided for in the FMT

Other Information

Inclusion of seasonal flu to secondary school year 7- year 11 and MMR vaccination which has been nationally mandated to the Flu Programme.No conflicts of interest were identified as part of the process.