Official UK procurement notice
Open Access Sexual Health Services
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe mandated function requires each Local Authority to provide, or secure the provision of, open access sexual health services in its area including preventing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), treating, testing and caring for people with STIs and partner notification. This also includes making arrangements to cover service users from outside the Local Authority boundary . Local Authorities should provide contraceptive services including advice on, and reasonable access to, a broad range of contraceptive methods and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy.
This contract is based on cross charging policy in place across the country on cross charging attendances for Wolverhampton residents choosing to attend all NHS Trusts providing Out of Area sexual health service anywhere in the country.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Direct award process B under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Sept 2024, 14:58 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2024, 14:58 BST
- Authority reference
CWC24027- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028283- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049807Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Due to the open access element of the sexual health service, various NHS Trusts across the country will provide the service to Wolverhampton residents as and when required.
For Sexual Health Services, the Key Principles for Cross Charging was published by DHSC in 2013 following transition to local government commissioning of SRHS to promote a consistent, fair, and transparent approach.
This guidance was updated in 2018. The guidance outlines principles for Local Authorities regarding payments for residents accessing sexual health Out of Area (OOA) services. These principles include:
- Scope for local determination regarding how these arrangements work
- Having a consistent, equitable, fair and transparent approach to cross charging both from a commissioning and provider perspective.
In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Direct Award Process B has been followed.
Providers can be any NHS trust under NHS England remit.
Governance for this type of requirement has been approved for up to 5 years.
There were no declared conflicts of interest.
Decision makers were made by Public Health Commissioning Lead , Consultant in Public Health and Cabinet member for Adults an Wellbeing
Publisher note: This contract will be make payments to various NHS Trusts nationally for Contraception, family planning and Genito-urinary Medicine (GUM) Out of Area service provisions, delivered to Wolverhampton residents as and when required.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHS ENGLAND | £1,285,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028283-2024-1 · NHS ENGLAND
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2024
- Value
- £1,285,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Independent patient choice and procurement panelMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NHS EnglandAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.