Published date: 6 January 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£540,000

Procurement reference

IA1771

Published date

6 January 2020

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

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Emergency Hormonal Contraception In Community Pharmacies within Staffordshire

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 August 2019

Award information

Awarded date

23 December 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£540,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd

Address

Sapphire Court
Walsgrave Triangle
Coventry
CV2 2TX

Reference

Companies House number: 758153

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Lynn

Address

Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England

Email

sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk