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Worcestershire Integrated Sexual Health Services

Worcestershire County Council

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06 Oct 2026 at 10:07

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11 Sep 2024 at 17:50

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Summary of the contracting process

Worcestershire County Council commissions integrated sexual health services for people across Worcestershire. The service provides open-access, confidential and non-judgemental care, including testing, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses, including HIV. It also covers HIV prevention medicines (PrEP and PEP), the full range of contraception, health promotion and prevention, and relevant vaccination. The contract also includes increased access to online STI testing kits across the county, intended to reduce health inequalities and help people get tested and receive treatment promptly. This is a health services contract delivered in Worcestershire.

The procurement is complete and the service contract is active. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust was selected as supplier through a limited award without a prior competition, on the stated basis that technical reasons meant the services could be provided only by that operator. One bid was recorded. The contract was signed on 1 August 2024 for a stated period of 2,520 days. The reported contract value is £32,291,569. The contract was subsequently modified to provide additional funding for online testing kits; that modification took effect on 22 September 2026 and runs to the end of the contract. A separate lot for additional online testing kit funding is marked cancelled; the active contract modification is the reported outcome for that additional service.

For providers considering similar work with Worcestershire County Council, this award demonstrates demand for a county-wide, integrated sexual health service combining clinical care and prevention with online testing. A credible provider would need to deliver confidential, open-access services spanning STI and blood-borne virus testing and treatment, HIV prevention, contraception, health promotion and relevant vaccination. The contract’s expansion of online testing also points to the value of capacity to distribute kits at scale and connect testing with timely clinical treatment, while addressing health inequalities across the county. The selected provider was an established NHS health and care trust already delivering online testing as part of the service. Competing providers would need to show the clinical breadth, delivery capacity and ability to integrate digital access with treatment that this requirement demands.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Worcestershire Integrated Sexual Health Services

Notice Description

The service will provide service users with open access to confidential, non-judgemental services including sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBV) testing (including HIV), treatment and management; HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP); the full range of contraceptive provision; health promotion and prevention including relevant vaccination.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Additional funding to increase the availability of online testing kits across the county to reduce health inequalities and ensure that more people can be tested quickly and where necessary receive treatment for STIs.

Options: Optional Extension for up to 2 years

Procurement Information

This falls under regulation 32(2)(b) the Public Contract Regulations 2015

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-049a25
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094106-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£61,199,112 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Oct 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Worcestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WORCESTER
Postcode
WR5 2NP
Postcode Area
Worcester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG12 Worcestershire CC
Delivery Location
TLG12 Worcestershire CC
Local Authority
Worcester
Electoral Ward
Nunnery
Westminster Constituency
Worcester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Further Information

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