NHSE905 School Age Immunisation and School Flu

NHS England North West

School Aged Immunisation Service and School Flu

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback in preparation for the tender of a School Aged Immunisation Service and School Flu for the Greater Manchester region.

The Contracting Authority would like to gather soft intelligence from the market and are publishing a Request for Information (RFI).

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express an interest in any future quote opportunity once a contract notice is published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT part of any expression of interest, pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. A response to this PIN/RFI is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future procurement process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who reply. This PIN/RFI does not constitute the start of a Procurement Process under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as such does not bind the Contracting Authority to undertaking any procurements after 01 January 2024 under these regulations.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this RFI exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including RFI submissions, will be conducted via Atamis:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register. If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system by selecting the link above.

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. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: [email protected]

Opening times 8am - 6pm

An Atamis Supplier guide can be accessed by clicking on the link above.

PLEASE NOTE: You may be asked if you wish to merge your account with an existing organisation. This is based on a number of criteria including the domain name of your email address, so please ensure that you do register with your official work email address.

The RFI documentation will be available on the e-tendering site on 20 November 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 5pm 04 December 2023.