Cervical Screening and Opportunistic Section 7a Immunisations in sexual health services across the East of England region

NHS England - East of England (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express an interest in delivering Cervical Screening and Opportunistic Section 7a Immunisations in sexual health services across the East of England region for a period of 3 years with the option to extend the contracts for a further 2 years. The services will be delivered under the NHS Standard Contract and services are expected to commence on 1st April 2025.

The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Competitive Process is being utilised to facilitate an accreditation process to enable the award of contracts to suitably qualified providers, that meet the requirements of the accreditation process, to deliver the Service. The process is similar in principle to the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process that was described under previous procurement legislation.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the provider selection process.

Under the accreditation process all providers that complete and submit their response to the accreditation by the deadline (10.00am on Tuesday 11th February 2025) and meet, following evaluation, the requirements of the process, will be awarded a contract. Contracts are awarded on a zero-value basis and do not commit any activity or payment to the contracted provider. Payment will be on an activity-based model in line with the published tariff, which is detailed within the published tender documentation, which can be found on the Atamis portal, details on how to access the portal are listed below.

Please note, the Commissioner reserves the right to open new ‘windows’ allowing for new submissions from new Providers to be accredited at any time during the contract period. Contracts that are awarded via subsequent 'windows' will be aligned to the initial contract term. As such, any contracts awarded via future Accreditation Process 'windows' will have an initial term until 31st March 2028, with the option to extend for up to 2 years. The decision as to whether and when to open a new ‘window’ will be at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.