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title: "Essex Integrated Sexual Health Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0352ed"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-12-16"
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# Essex Integrated Sexual Health Service

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0352ed

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## Summary

Essex County Council has recently completed the procurement process for the Essex Integrated Sexual Health Service. The service falls under the health and social work services industry category. The contract value for a seven-year period must not exceed £65,317,000 with the possibility of a three-year extension. The procurement method was an open procedure with evaluation based on 70% quality and 30% price. The contract was signed on 15th December 2022.

This tender by Essex County Council presents business growth opportunities for companies offering health and social work services. Businesses well-suited to compete are those capable of delivering high-quality sexual health services with a focus on quality as well as competitive pricing. The integrated sexual health service aims to improve population health by providing easily accessible services to individuals, contributing to healthy relationships and disease prevention.

## Notice

Good sexual health enables healthy relationships, planned pregnancies, and prevention of disease. It is important to all individuals throughout their life course and contributes to maintaining and improving population health. Most of the adult population of England are sexually active and access to high quality sexual health services improves the health and wellbeing of both individuals and populations. The Government has set out its ambitions for improving sexual health in its publication, A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (2013). An updated version of this framework is expected in summer 2022. Sexual ill health is not equally distributed within the population. Strong links exist between deprivation and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), teenage conceptions, and abortions, with the highest burden borne by women, men who have sex with men (MSM), teenagers, young adults and black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. Similarly, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in the UK disproportionately affects MSM and Black Africans. Some groups at higher risk of poor sexual health face stigma and discrimination, which can influence their decisions and ability to access services. Essex County Council (ECC) has commissioned an integrated sexual health service, providing easy access to services through open access 'one stop' clinics where most sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met at one site, usually by one health professional, in services with extended opening hours and in accessible locations.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

It was agreed to undertake a competitive procurement exercise using a single-stage tender process, with bids to be evaluated on 70% quality, of which 10% will be allocated to social value, and 30% price with agreement of the detailed evaluation criteria The value given in the contract notice for the seven year contract period must not exceed PS65,317,000. The value given in the contract notices includes the three year extension option which on the assumption of the same incremental rise applied in other years would equate to PS30,587,000. This is subject to approval and assumptions may change. In addition the value in the contract notice includes scope to allow for additional services in the case of un-foreseen circumstances up to a maximum of PS13,063,000, the actual value for further scope will be 20% of the winning bid's value over 7 years. A contract variation under the terms of the contract would be required and subject to approval and funds being available. Therefore the contract notice total amount = Contract Value-PS65,317,000 add Three year extension- PS30,587,000 add Additional scope- PS13,063,000 (subject to change based on winning bidders value= PS108,967,000

Renewal: There is an option to extend for a further 36 months pending on governance procedures

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035668-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £108,967,000 |
| Lots value | £108,967,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | TLH3 Essex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PROVIDE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 16 Dec 2022 at 13:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035668-2022
- 18 Jul 2022 at 10:49 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019525-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=2ba74003-bee1-ec11-8115-005056b64545
- https://www.essex.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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