Official UK procurement notice
Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Service (PSR Direct Award Process C - Notice of Intention to make an award of a contact to the existing provider)
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contact for the provision of the Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Services ("the Service") including enabling open access, cost effective and high quality provision of contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections. This will be provided according to evidence based guidance and adapted to the needs of the local populations.
The Service aims to improve sexual health by providing easy routes of access to interventions and ensuring sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met through a single service, usually by one health professional. The Service will offer extended opening hours and be provided in accessible locations.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority intends to award a contract for the Service to the existing provider…Awarded
The Authority intends to award a contract for the Service to the existing provider pursuant to Direct Award Process C under Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection
Regime) Regulations 2023 ("PSR").
This is a notice under Regulation 9 (3) of the Authority's intention to award the contract for the Service as described below to the existing provider.
The contract is for the provision of the Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Service ('Service') which will enable open access, cost effective and high quality provision of contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections. This will be provided according to evidence based guidance and adapted to the needs of the local populations.
The Service aims to improve sexual health by providing easy routes of access to interventions and ensuring sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met through a single service, usually by one health professional. The Service will offer extended opening hours and be provided in accessible locations.
The Provider will work with the Council to create and develop a service which manages Service Users' needs appropriately at all times . Additional information: This is a notice under Regulation 9 (3) of the PSR of the Authority's intention to award the contract for the Service to the existing provider pursuant to Direct Award Process C.
The award 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 proposed award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made in writing in accordance with Regulation 12 (3) of the PSR to the
Authority before midnight on Thursday, 17th September 2026 via email: [email protected]
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
- 7 Sept 2026, 19:02 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:39 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088660- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f403Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
As above, this is a notice of the Authority's intention to award the proposed contract for the Service to the existing provider pursuant to Regulation 9 (3) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Direct Award Process C.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this proposed contract award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.
- Review procedure
This is a notice of an intention to make an award of the proposed contract for the Service to the existing provider, subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The proposed contract has not yet been awarded.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this proposed award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made in writing in accordance with Regulation 12(3) of the PSR to the
Authority before 12 midnight on Thursday, 17th September 2026 via email to: [email protected]
Publisher note: This is a notice under Regulation 9 (3) of the PSR of Sunderland City Council's intention to award the contract for the Service to the existing provider, South Tyneside & Sunderland District NHS Foundation Trust pursuant to Direct Award Process C of the PSR. The proposed contract is valued at £12,748,580.00 over 5 years (1/10/2026 -30/09/2031) with an option to extend up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Council. The total contract value for the 5 years plus the option to extend up to 2 years is £17,848,012.00 The proposed award 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 Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this proposed award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made in writing in accordance with Regulation 12(3) to the Authority before 12 midnight on Thursday, 17th September 2026 via email to: [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this is a notice under Regulation 9 (3) of PSR of the Authority's intention to award the proposed contract under Direct Award Process C. Decision maker: Executive Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Sunderland City Council. No conflicts of interest were declared. All basic selection criteria have been met and the key criteria were weighted as follows: Quality and Innovation (25%) Value for Money (10%) Integration, Collaboration and Sustainability (25%) Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (35%) Social Value (5%). Following assessment of the above key criteria, the existing provider scored 88% out of 100%. As a consequence, in light of the above, the Authority is of the view that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract to a sufficient standard for the purpose of Regulation 9 (2) of the PSR.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
This is a contract award notice under Regulation 9(10) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 ("the PSR"). The contract for the Service ("the Contract") has now been awarded by Sunderland City Council ("the Council") under Direct Award Process C of the PSR to the existing provider, South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. The Contract was awarded on 18th …
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | £17,848,012 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 084644-2026-1 · South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 7 Sept 2026
- Value
- £17,848,012
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.