Published date: 28 November 2023
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Awarded contract (published 11 December 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
General-practitioner services - 85121100
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£900,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN701186-62322058
Published date
28 November 2023
Closing date
30 November 2023
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
1 December 2023
Contract end date
30 November 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Kent County Council is procuring through Primary Care, the fitting, monitoring, checking,
and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal
implants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), for contraceptive purposes only. The Council is aiming to procure a service which is available in each Kent geographical Primary Care Network area, to ensure access for services throughout the county.
The service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold
valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC), as issued by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), for the procedures undertaken, or
by potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the
ability to:
- achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the FSRH as part of a primary care pathway.
- have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant.
- ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care
managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest
standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).
About the buyer
Contact name
Matt Wellard
Address
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 3000413221
Website
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