Published date: 23 March 2021
Last edited date: 9 July 2021
This notice was replaced on 13 August 2021
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 23 December 2021)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£8,000,000
Procurement reference
IA2239
Published date
23 March 2021
Approach to market date
1 August 2021
Contract start date
1 April 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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
The jointly tendered contracts will represent ALL sexual health services commissioned by Staffordshire County Council, Stoke City Council, and Telford and Wrekin Council including:
- All levels of genitourinary medicine (GUM) - including testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (online and face to face services)
- Contraception and sexual health (CaSH) services
- The sexual health aspect of psychosexual counselling
- Prevention of issues related to sexual health
- Provision of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) in community settings
Providers will have an opportunity to tender for all or part of the commissioned services.
There will be two lots:
Lot One - Provision of Sexual Health Services for Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent and Telford & Wrekin
Lot Two - Sexual Health Services In Community Pharmacies In Staffordshire Telford & Wrekin only
The adult services will need to have sufficient capacity to manage footfall of around 70,000 visits to clinics per annum and will include flexibility of access across the rural and urban areas within our large geography, including an online and telephone offer.
There is an expectation that the successful bidder will seek to continually improve the quality of services for its customers, particularly learning from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Providers will also be expected to develop pathways and partnerships with other sexual and reproductive health providers, preventing duplication and fragmentation for its customers.
There is also funding from NHS England for There is also funding from NHS England for Specialised Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Services (Adults)
The Council's intend to seek further feedback from the market. A draft sexual health service specification has been made available to provide potential bidders with an opportunity to provide feedback, prior to the release of the final tender documentation.
To participate in this process further we would like to invite organisations interested in this opportunity to:
Register an expression of interest, using the contract reference number IA2239 for this procurement process on our E tendering Proactis system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
Download the draft specification and feedback options for potential bidders document from Proactis.
Responses can either be submitted in written form and emailed to sexualhealthteam@staffordshire.gov.uk by 13:00pm on Friday 30 July or via a virtual Teams meeting.
Potential bidders can request an hour slot on either Monday 26 July or Friday 30 July 2021, at one of the times stated. Please note these are available on a 'first come, first serve' basis.
Please note the virtual sessions will only be for potential bidders to respond to the questions above. Any additional questions raised by potential bidders will not be responded to during the session and will be collated and shared (where appropriate) via the Proactis procurement portal.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2022/2023 | £8,000,000 |
About the buyer
Contact name
Claire Teece
Address
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England
Telephone
01785854657
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