Published date: 18 July 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£65,317,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN615714-56694586

Published date

18 July 2022

Closing date

16 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

1 April 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Good sexual health enables healthy relationships, planned pregnancies, and prevention of
disease. It is important to all individuals throughout their life course and contributes to
maintaining and improving population health. Most of the adult population of England are
sexually active and access to high quality sexual health services improves the health and
wellbeing of both individuals and populations. The Government has set out its ambitions for
improving sexual health in its publication, A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in
England (2013). An updated version of this framework is expected in summer 2022.
Sexual ill health is not equally distributed within the population. Strong links exist between
deprivation and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), teenage conceptions, and abortions,
with the highest burden borne by women, men who have sex with men (MSM), teenagers,
young adults and black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. Similarly, Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in the UK disproportionately affects MSM and Black
Africans. Some groups at higher risk of poor sexual health face stigma and discrimination,
which can influence their decisions and ability to access services

More information

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Additional text

The value given in the contract notice for the seven year contract period must not exceed £65,317,000. The value given in the contract notices includes the three year extension
option which on the assumption of the same incremental rise applied in other years would equate to £30,587,000. This is subject to approval and assumptions may change. In addition the value in the contract notice includes scope to allow for additional services in the case of un-foreseen circumstances up to a maximum of £13,063,000, the value being 20% of the maximum seven year contract cost. Any requirements for variations would be dealt with as a contract variation under the terms of the contract and subject to approval and funds being available.

Therefore the contract notice total amount =
Contract Value-£65,317,000 add
Three year extension- £30,587,000 add
Additional scope- £13,063,000 = £108,967,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Lorna Baker

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
England

Email

Lorna.Baker@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/