Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: London Borough of Hackney
Country: UK
Region: Inner London - East
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121210: Cardiology services | 85121291 | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel
Estimated value: 2250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract will be for the delivery of clinical services to children and young people aged 11 to 19, going up to 25 for those who are vulnerable.
The successful Provider will be able to deliver expert clinical support to young people in the areas of sexual health, emotional well-being and wider well-being including with weight management as outlined below:
Staff will be qualified to carry out procedures including insertion of Long action reversible contraception as well as support young people on decisions relating to making informed choices, having safer sex, pregnancy and termination. The service will also deliver clinical sexual health outreach.
Young people will be supported to look after their emotional well-being. There will be good understanding of the issues that affect young people including anxiety and eating disorders, and staff will be able to refer young people on to specialist support where required.
Young people identified as requiring intervention around healthy weight will be supported to make healthy eating choices and will be referred to specialist weight management services delivered by partners where appropriate.
The successful Provider will be required to work with the Council's youth division who will deliver health promotion and education outreach in schools and youth settings. The Council will be responsible for signposting into the clinical service through direct work with young people in settings. A close operational relationship with the Council is a core feature of this contract. Working in close partnership with a number of other local agencies is also a key requirement.
The successful Provider will be able to demonstrate that they have the experience to deliver a clinical health service. The service focusses on support and prevention within the sexual health remit, and also covers some elements of emotional health and wider well-being. The Provider would demonstrate that they are competent in identifying and supporting children and young people who present with concerns and issues, and be confident to refer these children and young people on to appropriate services where necessary, e.g. To the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
The successful Provider is required to have a turnover which is X 2 the estimated annual value of the contract, as well as a strong background in clinical governance, medicine management and safeguarding expertise.
This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section 1.1 If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.

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