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title: "Open Access Sexual Health Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-049807"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-09-04"
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# Open Access Sexual Health Services

Buyer: WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049807

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## Summary

Wolverhampton City Council has completed a procurement process titled "Open Access Sexual Health Services" under the health and social work services category (CPV 85000000). This initiative aims to provide comprehensive sexual health services, including STI prevention, treatment, and contraceptive services, with arrangements for out-of-area service provisions for Wolverhampton residents. The final award was made to NHS England on 12th August 2024, and the contract is valued at £1,285,000. The procurement was conducted using a limited method without prior publication of a call for competition, in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, reflecting specific needs and protocol requirements due to the essential nature of these health services.

This procurement creates significant opportunities for businesses involved in healthcare services, especially those capable of offering sexual health and family planning services in alignment with local government health mandates. Companies that can provide efficient and broad-access sexual health services, including community healthcare providers and NHS Trusts, would be well-suited to benefit from such contracts. The structured, fair, and transparent cross-charging policy framework ensures that suppliers are compensated appropriately, thereby fostering a stable and growth-oriented business environment for service providers. Businesses aiming to collaborate with local authorities for healthcare service provision stand to gain from the long-term and strategic nature of such contracts.

## Notice

The mandated function requires each Local Authority to provide, or secure the provision of, open access sexual health services in its area including preventing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), treating, testing and caring for people with STIs and partner notification. This also includes making arrangements to cover service users from outside the Local Authority boundary . Local Authorities should provide contraceptive services including advice on, and reasonable access to, a broad range of contraceptive methods and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy. This contract is based on cross charging policy in place across the country on cross charging attendances for Wolverhampton residents choosing to attend all NHS Trusts providing Out of Area sexual health service anywhere in the country.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct award process B under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8.

### Procurement Information

Due to the open access element of the sexual health service, various NHS Trusts across the country will provide the service to Wolverhampton residents as and when required. For Sexual Health Services, the Key Principles for Cross Charging was published by DHSC in 2013 following transition to local government commissioning of SRHS to promote a consistent, fair, and transparent approach. This guidance was updated in 2018. The guidance outlines principles for Local Authorities regarding payments for residents accessing sexual health Out of Area (OOA) services. These principles include: * Scope for local determination regarding how these arrangements work * Having a consistent, equitable, fair and transparent approach to cross charging both from a commissioning and provider perspective. In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Direct Award Process B has been followed. Providers can be any NHS trust under NHS England remit. Governance for this type of requirement has been approved for up to 5 years. There were no declared conflicts of interest. Decision makers were made by Public Health Commissioning Lead , Consultant in Public Health and Cabinet member for Adults an Wellbeing

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028283-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Sep 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,285,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Post town | Wolverhampton |
| Postcode | WV1 1RL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG39 Wolverhampton |
| Local authority | Wolverhampton |
| Electoral ward | St Peters |
| Westminster constituency | Wolverhampton West |
| Delivery location | TLG39 Wolverhampton |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NHS ENGLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 4 Sep 2024 at 13:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028283-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

## Provenance

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