Market Briefing Event - School Aged Immunisation Service in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire

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NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) is holding a Market Briefing Event via Microsoft Teams on 26th August 2021 from 10-11am in relation to School Aged Immunisation (SAI) Services within the Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire areas. To register a place on the Market Briefing Event please send a correspondence through the relevant project on the e-tendering portal at the link below by Midday on Monday 23rd August 2021, once registered a link for the Teams event will be sent via email: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/ProjectManage/1373 The correspondence should include the following information: Name of attendee(s) Job Title Email Address Phone Number At this stage, it is the Commissioner's intention to undertake a procure ment exercise with the aim of securing high quality, responsive, safe and sustainable School Aged Immunisation programmes for BaNES, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire (BGSW). Whilst precise timelines are to be confirmed, the Commissioner anticipates that an Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be published in September 2021. The new contracts are scheduled to start in August 2022. The geographical lots and contract length are still to be determined; however, the approximate annual value is £2,000,000 across the whole geography. This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice in order for providers to register for the Market Briefing Event and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement. Providers who express interest at this stage are not bound to participate in any future procurement exercise. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHSEI or respondees to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHSEI will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations"), which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).