Published date: 28 April 2019

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: 28 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £12,054,522

Procurement reference

20190428153103-68205

Published date

28 April 2019

Closing date

28 May 2019

Contract start date

1 January 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2025

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The successful provider will be required to deliver Termination of Pregnancy services for the registered populations of the following Commissioners/Contracting Authorities (1) NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, (2) NHS Wolverhampton CCG and (3) NHS Walsall CCG. The contract duration will be for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months.

Please note, during the term of the agreement, Birmingham and Solihull CCG may become responsible for commissioning services for the registered GP patient population of West Birmingham. Further details can be found in the tender documentation.

The service relates to the provision of termination services to women with an unwanted
pregnancy who request termination. It also describes how termination services will provide
contraception and sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment services.
The abortion service shall comply with the abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Those seeking terminations that are under 16 years of
age will comply with the guidelines stated within the service specification.
The objectives of the service are:
• To offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion,
regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.
• To provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.
• To provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical
circumstances.
• To improve the sexual health of all service users through providing sexual health screening for
Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STI's) for all age groups for patients from
Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCG's.
• To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full
range of long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods.
• To work with local Sexual Health Service provider/s to facilitate ongoing continuation of long
term contraception for Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton residents.
This may involve requests to patients to share patient contact details with sexual health service
for follow up.
• To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services
both prior to and after having a termination.
Further details relating to the service and procurement process can be found within the EU
Supply system. Please refer to later in this notice for details on accessing the relevant
information.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Richard Ward

Address

Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
West Bromwich
B70 9LD
ENG

Email

richard.ward11@nhs.net

Website

https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/