Published date: 25 October 2018
Last edited date: 25 October 2018
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
SS2 6LR
Value of contract
£0 to £6,564,000
Procurement reference
SOSBC001-DN362731-49005224
Published date
25 October 2018
Closing date
30 November 2018
Contract start date
1 April 2019
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is inviting expressions of interest from a single (or single consortium)Provider for an Integrated Sexual Health (ISH) Service with open access provision.
The service will be procured under a single contract to be delivered by a lead provider. The lead provider willbe required to work in partnership with or sub contract to other organisations with relevant expertise to deliverservices across the four localities in Southend-on-Sea.
The ISH Service will provide open access, cost-effective, high quality, confidential provision for contraceptionand reproductive health services; and, prevention, testing, diagnosis, treatment and management of sexuallytransmitted infections services according to evidence-based protocols. The provider will deliver and develop theISH service to meet the sexual health and wellbeing needs of the population of Southend-on-Sea. The focus of the service will be to encourage people to achieve and maintain positive health and wellbeingthrough adopting safe and healthy choices with regards to their sexual health. It is therefore essential that thereis a universal offer of prevention that supports behavioural changes, early identification of risky sexual behaviourand timely referrals to services. The service shall provide learning and training opportunities as well as healthpromotion messages at all levels of service provision. The contract will commence on the 1st April and will run for 3 years, until 31.3.2022. There will be an option toextend for an additional 2 years, or any part thereof. .Southend-on-Sea Borough Council welcomes submissionsfrom all organisational types, including the Third Sector. It is estimated that the contract value will be in theregion of 4 000 000 GBP (for the 3 year term) and due to the extent of this contract, the authority would welcome consortia bids.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Integrated Sexual Health Services
- Opportunity
- Published 25 October 2018
Links
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- https://procurement.southend.gov.uk
- Tender notice
- Tender documents can be found on https://procurement.southend.gov.uk
About the buyer
Address
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6LR
England
procurementops@southend.gov.uk
Website
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Closing: 30 November 2018