School Aged Immunisation Services for Kent & Medway and Sussex to NHS England South East.

Overview

Previous Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025922-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1 (unable to link this) The NHS School Aged Immunisation (SAI) programmes cover vaccinations to all children and young people of school age, whether they attend state school, independent school, complex needs schools or alternative settings. To maintain continuity of the programme, delivering NHS England's responsibilities under the s7A agreement, it is necessary to re-procure immunisation programmes aimed at school aged children across the following geographical areas: • Sussex • Kent and Medway The aim of the procurement was to seek providers with the capability of delivering the highest possible coverage of the programmes to protect the health of young people and the wider community in which they live. Immunisation is one of the most successful and cost effective health protection interventions. High immunisation rates are key to preventing the spread of infectious disease, complications and possible early death among individuals, and to protecting the population's health. The services in scope are only those identified within SAI service specification, detailed in Appendix C. Services procured through this tender process are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations').