Official UK procurement notice
Sexual Health - PSR · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIntegrated Sexual Health Services (ISHS) provide a range of interventions that enable people to experience healthy sexual relationships.
We require a prevention focussed integrated sexual health service that meets the needs of the local population within the borough and minimises the need for residents to travel out of the area; a service that will continually improve education, prevention, testing, treatment and support services in response to a changing environment of sexual health and relationship needs.
The service will improve sexual health by delivering a range of interventions across the life course; with a focused direction of travel towards prevention, building resilience and self-esteem, along with consistently promoting healthy choices. The service will provide open and easy access, cost-effective, high-quality provision for contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (including HIV), according to evidence-based protocols. The service must be responsive to changing needs and emerging trends both locally and nationally – this may include emerging infections, new technologies, changing population profile, and/or changing behaviours.
Access to the service shall be available through various channels, including a digital and face to face clinic offer, in order to effectively respond to the need across the borough and take into account inequalities. The service will need to have approaches for specific client groups as detailed in the specification with an emphasis on self-managed care, prevention and early intervention and reducing risky behaviour wherever possible.
Direct award C has been used. Contract will commence 1st April 2026 for 6 years.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for Direct award CAwarded
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for Direct award C. The
awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)
Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 23 do not apply to this award. The standstill period will
concluded at midnight 14th May 2025. This is a contract award notice.
Decision to award was made by Director of Public Health.
The basic and 5 key criteria were all applied. The provider response was evaluated and all
criteria scored above the required pass rate. Fixed price plus agenda for change uplifts will be applied each year (built into the contract but will increase the annual value).
There were no Conflicts of interest identified among the evaluating panel.
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
- 1 May 2025, 13:45 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 10:21 BST
- Authority reference
DN744889- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022474- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050b64Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for Direct award C. The
awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)
Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 23 do not apply to this award.
The basic and 5 key criteria were all applied. The provider response was evaluated and all
criteria scored above the required pass rate.
Standstill has now concluded, no representations were received.
There were no Conflicts of interest identified among the evaluating panel
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight14th May This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to [email protected] No conflicts of interest were declared. The evaluation panel consisted of internal Public Health and Commissioning colleagues. an independent subject expert and a representative from the Integrated Care Board (ICB) with procurement moderating the evaluation meeting.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCRG Care Services Limited | £19,849,134 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| HCRG Care Services Limited | £19,849,134 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022474-2025-1 · HCRG Care Services Limited
- Signed
- 15 May 2025
- Value
- £19,849,134
- Status
- active
Contract 018429-2025-1 · HCRG Care Services Limited
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- £19,849,134
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- PSR Review PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HCRG Care Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.