Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-11
Buyer: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 8531746 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-10-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lot 1: The provider will deliver the Southend Sexual Health Service (‘SSH Service’) levels; 1, 2 and 3 Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) sexual health services for people who self-refer/or who are referred into the SSH Service by other key partners. The SSH Service will provide open access, cost-effective, high quality, confidential provision for; prevention contraception, pregnancy testing, contraceptive health services, testing, diagnosis, treatment, support and management of sexually transmitted infections services according to evidence-based protocols and to the needs of local populations.
Lot 2: The sexual health promotion and prevention service will include the delivery of community-based health promotion and prevention activities relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Southend-on-Sea. The sexual health promotion and prevention service is designed to improve knowledge around HIV and STIs, reduce the stigma associated with HIV and STIs, and promote access to testing in local sexual health services.
Lot 1: The provider will deliver the Southend Sexual Health Service (‘SSH Service’) levels; 1, 2 and 3 Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) sexual health services for people who self-refer/or who are referred into the SSH Service by other key partners. The SSH Service will provide open access, cost-effective, high quality, confidential provision for; prevention contraception, pregnancy testing, contraceptive health services, testing, diagnosis, treatment, support and management of sexually transmitted infections services according to evidence-based protocols and to the needs of local populations.
The contract term will run for 48 months from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2025 with an option to extend for up to 24 months, or any part thereof. The latest expiry date of the contract will be 31 March 2027. The extension will be at the discretion of the Council and will be subject to the provider’s high level of service delivery, economic performance and value for money.
Lot 2: The sexual health promotion and prevention service will include the delivery of community-based health promotion and prevention activities relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Southend-on-Sea. The sexual health promotion and prevention service is designed to improve knowledge around HIV and STIs, reduce the stigma associated with HIV and STIs, and promote access to testing in local sexual health services.
The contract term will run for 48 months from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2025 with an option to extend for up to 24 months, or any part thereof. The latest expiry date of the contract will be 31 March 2027. The extension will be at the discretion of the Council and will be subject to the provider’s high level of service delivery, economic performance and value for money.


Award value: 8531746