Market Engagement Event: School Aged Immunisation Service for North Midlands x4 LOTs

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands & East (North Midlands) would like to invite providers to attend a Market Engagement Event which will inform the market of their intentions to procure four separate contracts for School Aged Immunisation Services across; Lot 1- Shropshire -Lot 2 Staffordshire (North & South) -Lot 3 Nottinghamshire (including the City) -Lot 4 Derbyshire (including the City).

The Market Engagement Event will be held on 29th September 2017 , 13:30 hrs in Derby. Further information will be circulated to delegates once the registration process closes on the 25th September 2017 at 9:00am.

Please see section 5 'Attachments' for details on how to express an interest for the Market Engagement Event (29th September 2017).

The aim of the service is to deliver immunisation services to all eligible children in school and other settings where appropriate. The service should provide a dynamic, high performing, safe, effective and dedicated immunisation service that encompasses the immunisation programmes. The service should engage all children and young people and their parents and should be well known to the community it serves.

Immunisations to be included are:

• Meningococcal C (MenC) - containing vaccine (Meningitis ACWY) Immunisation Programme Year 9 and Year 10 School Cohorts • Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) Immunisation Programme Year's 8 and 9 School cohort years • TD/IPV (Teenage Booster)Immunisation Programme Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 School Cohort Years • Seasonal influenza immunisation programme for children (AGE) Reception to Year 4 School Aged Years

Additional information: An expression of interest in this market event will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published.The responses received during this exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process. Please note that THIS IS NOT A PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal.

To express an interest for the Market Engagement Event (29/09/2017) please: i) Register on the portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. ii) Express interest by a) logging-in to the AGCSU e-Tendering portal b) selecting response to advert and PQQ (ref: pqq_434), c) select Open Access PQQ, d) search for and access listing related to this contract and view details e) click on Express Interest link. iii) Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can complete the questionnaire. You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance consult the on-line help/contact the helpdesk; Phone:0800 368 4850 E-mail: [email protected]