Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-26
Buyer: Haringey Council
Country: UK
Region: Outer London
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 6000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The London Borough of Haringey is commissioning community sexual health services. The services will be delivered in 2 lots namely:
Lot 2 — Reproductive and Sexual Health for Young People and Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC).
Haringey Council is seeking to procure an STI and HIV prevention and community testing service for all of its diverse population, and with particular focus on the following Haringey residents:
— BME Adult Communities (over 18's) in Haringey. Particular attention will be given to Black African, Caribbean and Latin American communities;
— Other communities in Haringey who may not be accessing services and support due to language barriers.
The service will deliver a range of accessible, high-quality, responsive, cost-effective, confidential, outreach and integrated prevention services to Haringey residents, and shall collaborate and support the delivery of sexual health services in primary care and other community settings, in partnership with Haringey Council.
The service will provide direct access to sexual health services, safer sex promotion and signposting (through both staff and advertising) to other local sexual health services, including pharmacists and general practice. It is essential that this information is clearly accessible to users when services close during usual opening times as a result of capacity or unplanned reasons.
The Provider will deliver a community sexual health service that works closely with all sexual and reproductive services, GUM, Primary Care (General Practice and Pharmacies), Specialist HIV clinics, counselling and outpatients and other sexual health services.
Lot 2 — Reproductive and Sexual Health for Young People and Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Haringey Council is seeking to procure a young people (under 25) and LARC service in the borough. This will consist of the provision of Integrated Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) and Contraception and Sexual Health Services (CaSH) to under 25s and provision of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) to all women in the borough through an open access service. This service will aim to:
— Reduce the high level of STIs and unwanted pregnancies amongst young people through the provision of a targeted sexual health service. This service will be responsible for testing and treatment of STIs of under 25s. It will also deliver safer sex promotion, increasing access to contraception, early help and early identification amongst this age group.
— Reduce the levels of unwanted pregnancies amongst women in Haringey through an open access LARC service.
— Develop effective support, through improved provision and quality services for young people and women in the community
These services will deliver a range of accessible, high-quality, responsive, cost-effective, confidential sexual health services for young people and women in Haringey. The service will work collaboratively and support the delivery of sexual health services in primary care and other community settings, in partnership with Haringey Council.
The Provider will deliver a community sexual health service that works closely with all sexual and reproductive services, GUM, Primary Care (General Practice and Pharmacies), Specialist HIV clinics, counselling and outpatients and other sexual health services.


Award value: 6000000