Published date: 18 July 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IA1507

Published date

18 July 2018

Approach to market date

1 October 2018

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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

Staffordshire County Council and NHS England wish to explore commissioning intentions for an Integrated Sexual Health Service with the aim of maintaining quality sexual health and HIV treatment provision for the Staffordshire population and for groups at higher risk of sexual ill health.

The sexual health system includes:
• Promotion and provision for good sexual health including the delivery of contraception services and a condom distribution scheme
• Management of the consequences of poor sexual health including the testing and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs) and work to prevent these from recurring.
• Management of treatment for the sexual health related elements of psychosexual counselling.
• Management of treatment for patients diagnosed as HIV positive

It is anticipated that tender documentation will be available in early October 2018 and will cover one of two options:

• Integrated sexual health clinics, including contraception, STI testing and treatment, and HIV treatment services covering Newcastle Under Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands Districts ONLY

OR

• Integrated sexual health clinics, including contraception, STI testing and treatment, and HIV treatment services covering ALL of Staffordshire (Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stafford, Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock, Burton, and South Staffordshire)

Interested bidders are asked to register on the E tendering Proactis system (below) and express an interest in the opportunity. Further soft market testing may be undertaken in the future to further develop the approaches above, any requests for interested bidders to take part will be made via the Proactis system.

To participate in this process we would like to invite organisations interested in this opportunity to:

- Register an expression of interest, using the contract reference number IA1507 for this procurement process on our E tendering Alito system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login


More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2018/2019 £0

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Lynn

Address

Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England

Telephone

01785854657

Email

sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk