Published date: 19 August 2019
This notice was replaced on 6 January 2020
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Awarded contract (published 6 January 2020)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£540,000
Procurement reference
IA1771
Published date
19 August 2019
Closing date
1 October 2019
Contract start date
1 April 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if a contraceptive method has failed. The sooner that emergency contraception is taken the more effective it will be in preventing an unintended pregnancy.
This service will contribute to a reduction in the number of unintended pregnancies by improving access to EHC and sexual health advice to women of all ages in community settings across the whole of Staffordshire.
Please note the specification covers the whole of Staffordshire County Council area which includes North & South Staffordshire but not the city of Stoke on Trent.
The Service will:
• enable EHC to be made available in rural and urban pharmacies with coverage across all areas of Staffordshire
• provide one to one advice and provision of an appropriate form of oral EHC if and as required
• Where appropriate, to refer or signpost patients into mainstream contraceptive services and to ensure that pathways for post-coital Intra Uterine Device (IUD) fitting for emergency contraception are known to patients who request EHC.
• increase the availability of free condoms to young people within pharmacy settings by supporting the condom distribution scheme (facilitated by core sexual health services)
• direct patients for whom EHC is not the right solution, or who need advice on ongoing contraception into mainstream contraceptive services and appropriate healthcare services.
• refer patients who may have been at risk of STIs to an appropriate service
• strengthen the local network of contraceptive and sexual health services to help ensure easy and swift access to advice
The Agreement period will run from 1st April 2020 - 31st March 2022 with the option to extend by 2 x 12 months from 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 and 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024
About the buyer
Contact name
Sarah Lynn
Address
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England
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