Published date: 5 December 2023

Last edited date: 6 December 2023

This notice was replaced on 29 May 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 29 May 2024)

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

England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

WAFC001-DN701539-70917080

Published date

5 December 2023

Closing date

10 January 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

On 1st April, 2013, following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, Local authorities alongside health and other partners assumed legislative responsibility for a range of Public Health functions. These included ensuring population access to a range of public health services.

Providing access to the NHS Health Check Programme is a statutory requirement for Local Authorities. This is a population based cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme that offers face to face health checks to the population aged 40-74 without an existing CVD. Westmorland and Furness Council is expected to facilitate invitation for 20% of the eligible population each year on a five-year rolling programme. At present, the mechanism for identifying the eligible population is using GP practice patient information systems. GP practices are currently commissioned by their LA to invite and provide health checks for their registered patient population.

It is also a statutory requirement to provide access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services. Westmorland and Furness Council currently commissions a specialist service from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). To improve access in local communities, especially more rural populations, this is supplemented by lower-level services commissioned from GP practices. GP practices are commissioned to provide assessment and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) for their registered practice populations.

Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking confirmation from GP practices across the Westmorland and Furness footprint to join the new Flexible Open Framework for the Provision of Public Health Services in General Practice starting from 1st April 2024.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of General Practice Public Health Services: NHS Health Checks and Sexual Health Services.

  • Opportunity
  • Published 5 December 2023, last edited 6 December 2023

About the buyer

Contact name

Lisa Measures

Address

South Lakeland House
Lowther Street
Kendal
LA9 4DQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1228226456

Email

lisa.measures@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

Website

https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/