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NHS England South requests Expressions of Interest from providers with the capacity and capability to provide a school aged immunisation service for children aged 4 - 19 registered, resident or schooled within: — Hampshire, — Southampton, — Portsmouth, — Isle of Wight and — Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole). Pre-procurement market engagement will take place in Southampton on 12.2.2019 and/or 13.2.2019 (TBC), which will help to inform the commissioning strategy in terms of provider views on geographical delivery (Lots), payment arrangements and the contract term. To express an interest in this procurement, please register on the In-Tend portal and submit a completed Market Engagement Questionnaire by 12:00 p.m on Tuesday 5.2.2019. NHS England South requests Expressions of Interest from providers with the capacity and capability to provide a school aged immunisation service for children aged 4 - 19 registered, resident or schooled within: — Hampshire, — Southampton, — Portsmouth, — Isle of Wight and — Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole). Pre-procurement market engagement will take place in Southampton on 12.2.2019 and/or 13.2.2019 (TBC), which will help to inform the commissioning strategy in terms of provider views on geographical delivery (Lots), payment arrangements and the contract term. Please see below for registration information. The contract(s) is/are due to begin on 1.8.2020. For information purposes, total spend across the whole geography is anticipated to be in the region of 2 700 000 GBP in 2019/20. The aim of the national immunisation programmes is to protect the population from vaccine preventable illnesses and reduce associated morbidity and mortality. The overall aim of the service is to achieve and sustain the highest possible level of coverage in respect of the immunisation programmes within scope across the area served, as well as at the level of individual schools and within the context of populations with protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. The programmes currently in scope are: — Gender neutral HPV vaccination programme, — MenACWY booster, — Td/IPV booster, — Seasonal influenza programme. The scope may be extended in future to include additional programmes as advised/recommended by the joint committee of vaccinations and immunisations and/or at the request of the commissioner. Objectives of service: The aim will be achieved by delivering safe and effective, evidence-based, population-wide immunisation programmes. The service offer will incorporate the following features: — a planned and co-ordinated programme of timely delivery with strong local leadership focussed on maximising coverage and uptake, — identification of, and full offer to, the whole eligible population, with repeated offers until school leaving age as required to achieve maximum coverage, — a flexible, responsive, accessible and culturally sensitive service provided in all schools and additional community settings at a range of times as required to meet the needs of all eligible children/young people, — delivery in a way which addresses local health inequalities, tailoring and targeting interventions when necessary, — safe and effective delivery by suitably trained, competent healthcare professionals with effective use of skill mix to achieve efficiency and value for money, — accurate and timely recording, collation and reporting of vaccinations both for individuals and at population level, — a programme of promotion activities to encourage vaccine uptake. This will include collaborating with and supporting NHS England and Public Health England in any campaigns or activities they undertake. There is an expectation that the contract holder(s) for all lots will work with public health nursing and other children’s services across the whole geography to maximise collaboration and opportunities for integrated service offer and delivery.