Published date: 24 October 2017

Last edited date: 24 October 2017

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

LGSS001-DN305094-50607697

Published date

24 October 2017

Closing date

23 February 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Cambridgeshire County Council, Public Health Directorate are carrying out this soft market test to determine the options and potential cost of providing a Chlamydia Screening Laboratory Service (Primary Care) in line with the National Chlamydia Screening Programme Standards ( 7th Edition)
This service is aimed at reducing the prevalence of Chlamydia in young people aged 15 to 24 and increase patient choice by providing additional access channels to Chlamydia screening
The provider will be expected to demonstrate that they can meet Standard 3: Laboratory Testing Procedures and Standard 5: Data Collection and Submission to Public Health England set out in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme Standards ( 7th Edition)
The provider will provide screening kits and a system for the return of screening kits to and from contracted primary care services in the area including GP practices and local outreach providers
Data will be put on to an online database for local sexual health service to access and for inclusion in the Chlamydia Testing Activity Dataset (CTAD) and for the treatment of positive Chlamydia cases by the local sexual health service.

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About the buyer

Contact name

David Isaacs

Address

Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
England

Telephone

+44 1223703518

Email

david.isaacs@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk