--- title: "Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2020-07-18" --- # Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs) Buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0ae176bd-2f3c-4831-8274-4adce3128735.json) ## Summary The NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit is conducting a procurement process for Termination of Pregnancy services, titled "Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs)". This tender falls under the health services category and covers the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. The procurement method used is an open procedure, and the current stage is awarded, with the contract period beginning on 1st January 2020 and ending on 31st December 2025. The contract has an estimated value of £11,552,598. The tender was formally awarded on 1st January 2020, with a publication date of 18th July 2020. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses providing health services, especially those with expertise in abortion-related healthcare, including counselling, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection screening. Companies that specialise in delivering comprehensive reproductive health services would be particularly well-positioned to compete for future tenders in this area, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that aim to enhance sexual health for the populations served by NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, NHS Wolverhampton CCG, and NHS Walsall CCG. ## Notice The successful provider is required to deliver Termination of Pregnancy services for the registered populations of the following Commissioners/Contracting Authorities (1) NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, (2) NHS Wolverhampton CCG and (3) NHS Walsall CCG. The contract duration is 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. The service relates to the provision of termination services to women with an unwanted pregnancy who request termination. It also describes how termination services will provide contraception and sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment services. The abortion service shall comply with the Abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Those seeking terminations that are under 16 years of age will comply with the guidelines stated within the service specification. The objectives of the service are: * To offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances. * To provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible. * To provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances. * To improve the sexual health of all service users through providing sexual health screening for Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all age groups for patients from Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCGs. * To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. * To work with local Sexual Health Service provider/s to facilitate ongoing continuation of long-term contraception for Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton residents. This may involve requests to patients to share patient contact details with sexual health service for follow up. * To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination. Further details relating to the service and procurement process can be found within the EU Supply system. Please refer to later in this notice for details on accessing the relevant information. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/586ea8a5-d22d-434b-abcc-035845afb38b | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Jul 2020 | | Submission deadline | 28 May 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Jan 2020 | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £11,552,598 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | WEST BROMWICH | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B70 9LD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell | | Local authority | Sandwell | | Electoral ward | West Bromwich Central | | Westminster constituency | West Bromwich | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | BPAS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 18 Jul 2020 at 15:01 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/586ea8a5-d22d-434b-abcc-035845afb38b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/586ea8a5-d22d-434b-abcc-035845afb38b 18th July 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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