Provision of Community Pharmacy RSV and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service within the Midlands Region

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England would like to notify the market of its intent to award contracts for the provision of Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service within the Midlands Region following a single stage Competitive Process. This service is for contracted period of 22 months initial term with an extension period of up to 24 months (as required).

The service commencement date is June 2025 and will run until 31st March 2027 (with an option for the Commissioner to extend until 31st March 2029). The lifetime value of the contracts are unknown, this will be an Item of Service (IoS) fee of £9.58 for the administration of each RSV and pertussis vaccine to each eligible patient and there is no capped limit for the number of vaccinations given per provider.

This is for a new service and has been awarded to new providers across 3 Lots for the following postcodes/localities as per the below; Lot-1 - Black Country ICB [Total of 18 providers]

Lot-2 – NHS Leicester, Leicestershire, & Rutland ICB [Total of 15 providers] Lot-3 – NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB [Total of 27 providers]

This was advertised as 22 sites available per lot with the provision that if fewer suitable providers were available under a lot(s), these sites could be reallocated to another lot at the Commissioners discretion. As such, Lot 3 was awarded 5 additional sites. The deadline for representations is midnight is 2400hrs (midnight) on 3rd June 2025.