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# Long Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care Settings Direct award B SC230146

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/long-acting-reversible-contraception-in-primary-care-settings-direct-award-b-sc230146-ocds-h6vhtk-04c21c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Long Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care Settings Direct award B SC230146". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2025, 23:55 GMT. Published submission portal: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2025 at 23:55 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General-practitioner services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c21c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/long-acting-reversible-contraception-in-primary-care-settings-direct-award-b-sc230146-ocds-h6vhtk-04c21c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentbusinessportal.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/long-acting-reversible-contraception-in-primary-care-settings-direct-award-b-sc230146-ocds-h6vhtk-04c21c#participate

## Description
Kent County Council is procuring through Primary Care, the fitting, monitoring, checking, and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal implants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), for contraceptive purposes only. The Council is aiming to procure a service which is available in each Kent geographical Primary Care Network area, to ensure access for services throughout the county.
The service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold
valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC), as issued by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), for the procedures undertaken, or by potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the ability to:
- achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the FSRH as part of a primary care pathway.
- have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant.
- ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).
This service is applicable to the Provider Selection Regime 2023 and specifically managed as a Direct Award B procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2024 to 30/11/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039038-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-04T11:48:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T12:15:15.558Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c21c