Official UK procurement notice
CSI/PH BNSSG Integrated Sexual Health Service
Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Health and Social Care Act 2012 split responsibilities for the commissioning of sexual health services between Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS
England. Since 2013, Local Authorities commission the vast majority of sexual health provision, which includes prevention, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, HIV
testing, and contraception. Sexual health is one of five mandatory public health services that local authorities must provide.
A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was published against the previous contract (DN664127) 03/04/2023 to give the market advance notice of a future opportunity. The notice reference to this was 2023/S 000-009708 and relates to this contract opportunity.
Estimated value: £64,625,880.00
This publication is to provide notice that following an open competition awards have been made for Lot 1 and Lot 3 of this opportunity.
CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 2 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
7 yrs from 1 Apr 2025, Lot 1: Open access digital sexual and reproductive health prevention and
treatment service (referred to throughout as the ‘digital service’).
Lot 3: Prevention, health promotion and community engagement service
(referred to throughout as the ‘health promotion service’)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CSI/PH BNSSG Integrated Sexual Health ServiceAwarded
This contract relates to the Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) for use by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council (BNSSG). The Health and Social Care Act 2012 split responsibilities for the commissioning of sexual health services between Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS England. Since 2013, Local Authorities commission the vast majority of sexual health provision, which includes
prevention, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, HIV testing, and contraception. Sexual health is one of five mandatory public health services that local authorities must provide.
Lot #2Specialist Sexual Health ServicesCancelled
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS): Open Access Community-Based Specialist Sexual and Reproductive Health Prevention and Treatment Service (Lot 2, ‘the specialist sexual health service’)
The specialist sexual health service will provide an open access and community based service that is easily accessible, high quality, safe and cost effective, working closely with the digital service provider (see Lot 1 specification) and supporting the work of the health promotion provider (see Lot 3 specification). A single contractor (the ‘provider’) will be appointed to provide the service outlined in this specification. The specialist sexual health service provider will be expected to work collaboratively across multiple organisations responsible for both commissioning and delivery of
different sexual health service elements, including both clinical and non-clinical information and self-help pathways.
Lot #3Health Promotion ServiceAwarded
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS): Prevention, Health Promotion and Community Engagement Service (Lot 3, ‘the health promotion service’)
The health promotion service will provide dedicated sexual and reproductive health
promotion and prevention capacity for the BNSSG system, including a lead role in
community engagement, targeted outreach and communications and marketing. The
service will be open access, free of charge and available to anyone residing in
BNSSG irrespective of their personal characteristics.
A single contractor (the ‘provider’) will be appointed to provide the health promotion
service and the provider will be expected to work collaboratively across multiple
organisations responsible for both commissioning and delivery of different sexual
health service elements, including both clinical and non-clinical information and self help pathways.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 80
- Social Value: 20
- Price: 0
- “CSI/PH BNSSG Integrated Sexual Health Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Apr 2023, 17:07 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN706336- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083398- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bc34Find a Tender
- Planning notice 2023/S 000-009708 ↗
Publisher note: BNSSG Councils currently collaboratively commission ISHS for the BNSSG area, including: • all levels of STI and HIV testing, STI treatment, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, specialist contraception services, and a service for children and young people • Sexual health outreach, health promotion and HIV prevention Bath and North East Somerset Council also jointly procure chlamydia screening and the BNSSG Integrated Care Board (ICB) jointly procure termination of pregnancy services with the BNSSG Councils as part of the ISHS. In addition, each of the BNSSG Councils separately commission long-acting reversible contraception in general practices and emergency hormonal contraception in pharmacies. A decision has not yet been made on whether these primary care services will be included in the re-procurement of ISHS services.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Apr 2024, 18:30 BST
Timeline
1 Apr 2024 → 3 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Next notice expected1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Apr 2024, 18:30 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published52 days ago3 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Mar 2024- Buyer details updated28 Mar 2024, 14:45 GMT
- Published value published: £64,625,88029 Apr 2024, 17:36 BST
- Status changed to active29 Apr 2024, 17:36 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Apr 2024, 17:36 BST
- Deadline published: 24 May 2024, 12:00 BST29 Apr 2024, 17:36 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Jan 2025, 13:08 GMT
- Buyer details updated3 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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The commissioning arrangements for Integrated Sexual Health Services (ISHS) across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) have changed. BNSSG Integrated Care Board (ICB) will no longer be jointly commissioning these services with the local authorities and thus abortion services will no longer be part of the BNSSG ISHS procurement. The ICB will procure abortion services separatel…
Bristol City Council would like to update the market of the intention to open this tender opportunity to bidders on 29th April.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2024-04: 1 release · 24 Apr 2024
- 2024-03: 1 release · 28 Mar 2024
- 2023-04: 1 release · 3 Apr 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 083398-2026-1-1
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £15,993,616
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2032
- Status
- active
- Change This spend is essential as it allows for the following: 1. Increase online testing capacity for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to meet the high demand seen since launching the new service in April 2025; 2. Rollout of new nationally recommended doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for the prevention of syphilis; 3. Enable the SH24 service to consult directly with service users receiving a reactive but non confirmatory result for blood borne viruses (HIV / hepatitis B or C) or when a safeguarding concern is raised., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This spend is essential as it allows for the following: 1. Increase online testing capacity for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to meet the high demand seen since launching the new service in April 2025; 2. Rollout of new nationally recommended doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for the prevention of syphilis; 3. Enable the SH24 service to consult directly with service users receiving a reactive but non confirmatory result for blood borne viruses (HIV / hepatitis B or C) or when a safeguarding concern is raised.
Contract 002174-2025-DN706336-3
- Signed
- 17 Jan 2025
- Value
- £7,625,880
- Status
- active
Contract 002174-2025-DN706336-1
- Signed
- 8 Jan 2025
- Value
- £13,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2032
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · CSI/PH BNSSG Integrated Sexual Health Service | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Health Promotion Service | 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire CouncilsContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Bristol Crown CourtReview body
- Bristol District Registry of the High CourtReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.