Tees HIV Prevention and Support Service

his contract serves as an exemption from HBC's Contract Procedure Rules.

This contract award has as its aim to focus on HIV prevention and support to people living with HIV (PLWH) across Teesside and to address inequalities surrounding HIV support. HIV is a preventable lifelong condition and can affect anyone, however some populations and communities are disproportionately affected.

The Tees Collaborative Commissioning Partnership consists of the following - Hartlepool Borough Council, Middlesbrough Borough Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council,

• NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS England & NHS Improvement (North East and Yorkshire).

Mandated services regarding the HIV Prevention and Support are undertaken by the Tees Collaborative Commissioning Partnership on behalf of the above local authorities. The Tees Collaborative Commissioning Partnership have chosen to fund the Tees HIV Prevention and Support Service as a 12-month pilot project to further understand the profile of HIV on Teesside, raise prevention messaging including testing and treatment as prevention, support people living with HIV (PLWH) and establish peer support networks in North and South Tees.

As incumbent provider the Terence Higgins Trust can build on previous work undertaken and are considered to have the expertise and are leaders in this field.