Provision of Community Pharmacy On-Site Flu Delivery for Local Authority Employees

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  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-139989",
    "name": "Lancashire County Council"
  },
  "date": "2025-10-01T10:10:48+01:00",
  "id": "061166-2025",
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      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Preston",
        "postalCode": "PR10LD",
        "region": "UKD45",
        "streetAddress": "County Hall"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "CAPHProcurement@lancashire.gov.uk"
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        "url": "https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/"
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      "name": "Lancashire County Council",
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              "text": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.\nContract Award Date: 01/10/2025\nThe intended contract dates are:\nContract start date: 01/10/2025\nContract end date: 30/11/2025\nThe contract shall have an initial period of 2 months (30/11/2025).\nThe approximate lifetime value of the contract is \u00a360,000."
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              "text": "Each year, the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency\n(UKHSA) and NHS England develop an annual flu plan to guide local arrangements of\nseasonal flu vaccination delivery, based upon a co-ordinated and evidence-based\napproach. \nAs a further support to this agenda, LCC undertake an annual workforce flu vaccination\nprogramme to promote the uptake of vaccination to frontline workers and business critical\nstaff, to reduce the impact of flu in the population whilst supporting the improvement of\nstaff absenteeism figures due to the flu virus. Results on service delivery of this\nprogramme are fed into local A+E Delivery Boards in support of winter planning by\nhelping to vaccinate frontline staff, supporting the reduction in unplanned hospital\nadmissions and pressure on A+E services. Raising awareness of the importance of the flu\nvaccination through national campaigns delivered locally, staff briefing sessions ensures\ninformed consent for employees plus a dedicated mailbox for employee queries is also\nrun throughout the flu season. \nDelivery of the on-site flu vaccine to LCC workforce on behalf of the Lancashire County\nCouncil Health Protection Team (LCC HPT), maximises protection for self, family and\nfriends and particularly for those working frontline with high-risk, vulnerable groups and\nbusiness critical services. \nDelivery of the on-site flu clinics enables a greater level of accessibility by delivering the\nfree flu vaccination at site of work and out-of-hours if required, with zero disruption to working hours and responsibilities. \nThe on-site element of this programme delivers almost 90% of the service, proving that\nemployees prefer the option of improved accessibility in being able to receive the\nvaccination at the usual place of work. \nThe anticipated Service Commencement Date 01/10/2025.\nThe contract shall have an initial period of 2 months.\nThis notice is an intention to award a contract under the Direct Award process C.\nThe maximum lifetime value of the contract is \u00a360,000.\nThe intention is to award to the existing provider."
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      "description": "Community health services",
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    "description": "Each year, the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England develop an annual flu plan to guide local arrangements of seasonal flu vaccination delivery, based upon a co-ordinated and evidence-based approach.  \nAs a further support to this agenda, LCC undertake an annual workforce flu vaccination programme to promote the uptake of vaccination to frontline workers and business critical staff, to reduce the impact of flu in the population whilst supporting the improvement of staff absenteeism figures due to the flu virus. Results on service delivery of this programme are fed into local A+E Delivery Boards in support of winter planning by helping to vaccinate frontline staff, supporting the reduction in unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A+E services. Raising awareness of the importance of the flu vaccination through national campaigns delivered locally, staff briefing sessions ensures informed consent for employees plus a dedicated mailbox for employee queries is also run throughout the flu season. \nDelivery of the on-site flu vaccine to LCC workforce on behalf of the Lancashire County Council Health Protection Team (LCC HPT), maximises protection for self, family and friends and particularly for those working frontline with high-risk, vulnerable groups and business critical services. \nDelivery of the on-site flu clinics enables a greater level of accessibility by delivering the free flu vaccination at site of work and out-of-hours if required, with zero disruption to working hours and responsibilities.  \nThe on-site element of this programme delivers almost 90% of the service, proving that employees prefer the option of improved accessibility in being able to receive the vaccination at the usual place of work. \nThe anticipated Service Commencement Date 01/10/2025.\nThe contract shall have an initial period of 2 months.\nThis notice is an intention to award a contract under the Direct Award process C.\nThe maximum lifetime value of the contract is \u00a360,000.\nThe intention is to award to the existing provider.",
    "id": "KH/PH/LCC/25/1506",
    "legalBasis": {
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "title": "Provision of Community Pharmacy On-Site Flu Delivery for Local Authority  Employees"
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