--- title: "Integrated Sexual Health service for Herefordshire- Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL" published: "2018-03-26" --- # Integrated Sexual Health service for Herefordshire- Market Engagement Buyer: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08.json) ## Summary Herefordshire Council is inviting engagement for the Integrated Sexual Health service, classified under health and social work services. This planning stage will assess available services and providers before the tender is officially launched. The market engagement notice was published on 26 March 2018, with a key deadline for responses set for 26 June 2018. This service aims to enhance countywide access to sexual health resources, particularly for high-risk groups, ensuring they receive proper care and support. The estimated value of this contract is £1,000,000 and will be expected to be delivered in the West Midlands region. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social services, particularly those experienced in community health initiatives, sexual health provision, and online service delivery. Companies capable of offering innovative solutions to encourage prevention and safer lifestyle choices will find this a suitable fit. Additionally, businesses with the capability to target and support vulnerable populations in the community will be well-positioned to compete for this contract. ## Notice Herefordshire Council currently commissions an Integrated community-based sexual health service encompassing 3 levels of prevention and self-management service; basic and intermediate (level 1 and 2) and specialist service (level 3). The role of the Sexual Health service will be to ensure a countywide provision inclusive of the use of online screening focussing on prevention and the promotion of safe and healthy lifestyle choices in relation to sexual health. The service will also target vulnerable and high risk groups across the county to provide better access to key services such as contraception, long acting reversible contraception LARC, STI testing and treatment and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) Please note: this is a market test exercise and we are exploring the extent and location of suitable and available services as well as the extent of suitably qualified and experienced service providers. The results of this exercise will be used to inform the future procurement approach (if any). To access the market engagement documentation please go to our e tender portal ( www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk) and search under Herefordshire Council. PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE ENSURE ANY RESPONSES ARE RETURNED BY Noon 16/04/2018 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc197cef-4299-404f-903d-eec0d5f669c3 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Mar 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 26 Jun 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL | | Locality | HEREFORD | | Post town | Hereford | | Postcode | HR4 0LE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of | | Local authority | Herefordshire, County of | | Electoral ward | Widemarsh | | Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 26 Mar 2018 at 13:24 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc197cef-4299-404f-903d-eec0d5f669c3 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc197cef-4299-404f-903d-eec0d5f669c3 26th March 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk To access the documentation please go to our e tender portal and search under Herefordshire Council. Please Note you should submit any responses by noon on Monday 16/4/2018 ## Notice URLs - https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f59ba6fc-ae4d-4a62-80c6-6f43fd6b7a08.json.