Official UK procurement notice
NECS576 - Invitation to Tender - Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service - North West
Authority: NHS England - North West (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorth of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a competition to commission 66 Community Pharmacy sites for the provision of Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service for the North West of England.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The contract term is for an initial period of 20 months commencing on 01/08/2025 with an option to extend for a further 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12 noon on 06/05/2025.
Additional information
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
You can also register your interest via this page. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference:
NECS576 Community Pharmacy RSV & Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service - CP
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. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
[email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm
Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 08/04/2025
CPV: Health services
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 1 of themLot #1Liverpool Postcode Areas - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L18, L25
Lot #2Knowsley Postcode Areas L32, L33, L36
Lot #3Sefton Postcode Areas L20, L21, L22
Lot #4St Helens Postcode Areas WA10, WA11, WA12
Lot #5Wirral Postcode Areas Group 1 (CH41, CH43, CH44, CH 45), Group 2 (CH46, CH47), Group 3 (CH48, CH49)
Lot #6Blackburn with Darwin Postcode Areas BB1, BB2, BB3
Lot #7East Lancashire Postcode Areas BB5, BB9, BB12, BB18
Lot #8Preston Postcode Areas PR1, PR2, PR3
Lot #9West Lancashire Postcode Areas L39, L40, WN8
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 May 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NECS576- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013552- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe83Find a Tender
Publisher note: NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome You can also register your interest via this page. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: NECS576 Community Pharmacy RSV & Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service - CP 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. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: [email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 08/04/2025
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 May 2025, 13:00 BST
Timeline
8 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published8 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
- Submission deadline6 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened6 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria