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# NHSE499 - Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse499-invitation-to-tender-north-east-north-cumbria-school-aged-immunisations-services-i-ocds-h6vhtk-038a18). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England North East and Yorkshire (North East and North Cumbria): "NHSE499 - Invitation to Tender - North East & North Cumbria - School Aged Immunisations Services (Including Flu)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £30,601,977. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England North East and Yorkshire (North East and North Cumbria)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-north-east-and-yorkshire-north-east-and-north-cu-GB-NHS-NHS-England-(region)-NORTH-OF-ENGLAND-COMMISSIONINGREGION-(Y54))
- **Published Value:** £30,601,977 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 January 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC11, UKC12, UKC13, UKC14, UKC21, UKC22, UKC23, UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £29,594,537 (exc. VAT, 4 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038a18`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse499-invitation-to-tender-north-east-north-cumbria-school-aged-immunisations-services-i-ocds-h6vhtk-038a18#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnhsnecsu)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse499-invitation-to-tender-north-east-north-cumbria-school-aged-immunisations-services-i-ocds-h6vhtk-038a18#participate

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support is a care system support organisation and has managed this procurement process for the provision of School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) for and on behalf of NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria and NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria (the Contracting Authorities). The Contracting Authorities were procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) across 4 Lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria)
Lot 2 - North (including Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead)
Lot 3 - Central (including Sunderland, South Tyneside, County Durham)
Lot 4 - South (including Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland).
NHS England West - Lancashire & South Cumbria is the responsible Contracting Authority for the South Cumbria area within Lot 1, however for the purpose of this procurement NHS England North East and Yorkshire were managing this procurement on behalf of Lancashire and South Cumbria and therefore the lead Contracting Authority was NHS England North East & Yorkshire - North East & North Cumbria.
The Contracting Authorities planed for a contract commencement date of 01September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. The required services for this procurement are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 No1319) (PCR 2015). Schedule 3 services are not subject to the full regime of PCR 2015 but are instead governed by the Light-Touch Regime (LTR)Chapter 3, Section 7, Regulations 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the PRC 2015, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Contracting Authorities ('Open', 'Restricted', 'Competitive Procedure with Negotiation', 'Competitive other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authorities intends to hold itself bound by PCR 2015, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Schedule 3 of PCR 2015.
The Contracting Authorities have run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally and has followed the basic principles of the Open Procedure(Regulation 27 of PCR 2015) to test the capacity, capability, technical and financial competence of bidders.
Tender documentation was available from 12:00 noon on 05 December2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns was 12:00 noon on 09January 2023.
This procurement was conducted using an e-tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal can be found at:
(https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu)
(Bidders were asked to follow the registration in...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse499-invitation-to-tender-north-east-north-cumbria-school-aged-immunisations-services-i-ocds-h6vhtk-038a18)

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Cumbria
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £5,337,983
- **Description:** The Contracting Authority was procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) for a contract commencement date of 01September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the ...

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - North
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £9,291,359
- **Description:** The Contracting Authority was procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) for a contract commencement date of 01 September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the...

### Lot 3: Lot 3 - Central
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £8,837,318
- **Description:** The Contracting Authority was procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) for a contract commencement date of 01 September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the...

### Lot 4: Lot 4 - South
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £7,135,317
- **Description:** The Contracting Authority was procuring a School Aged Immunisation Services (Including Flu) (SAIS) for a contract commencement date of 01 September 2023 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract for 2-years at the...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria) (active)
  - Award id: `013586-2023-Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria)-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185383`
  - Value: £5,337,983 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 2 - North (active)
  - Award id: `013586-2023-Lot 2 - North-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185383`
  - Value: £8,547,959 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3 - Central (active)
  - Award id: `013586-2023-Lot 3 - Central-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Intra Health Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-03783310`
  - Value: £8,704,262 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 4 - South (active)
  - Award id: `013586-2023-Lot 4 - South-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Intra Health Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-03783310`
  - Value: £7,004,333 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** Lot 1 - Cumbria (including North Cumbria and South Cumbria) (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,337,983
  - Signed Date: 23/04/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2 - North (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,547,959
  - Signed Date: 23/04/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 3 - Central (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,704,262
  - Signed Date: 23/04/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 4 - South (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,004,333
  - Signed Date: 23/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013586-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-12T11:33:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:28:02.089Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038a18