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title: "Integrated Sexual Health Service(s)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04eff1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GATESHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2025-04-10"
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# Integrated Sexual Health Service(s)

Buyer: GATESHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04eff1

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## Summary

Gateshead Borough Council has announced a contract award for the provision of Integrated Sexual Health Services, covering health and social work services. The contract, valued at approximately £8,752,842 over its lifetime, was awarded on 3rd April 2025. The services will be delivered starting from 1st April 2025 for a period of 48 months, with options to extend for two additional 12-month periods. The council, located in Gateshead, United Kingdom, intends to award the contract through a direct award process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), with no prior publication of a call for competition. The procurement falls outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in health services, particularly those specialising in integrated sexual health services, including STI and HIV testing, treatment and management, contraceptive provision, and health promotion and prevention. Those businesses, especially large NHS trusts or private health providers, can leverage this contract to expand their service offering and market presence in the Gateshead region. Businesses well-suited to compete should demonstrate quality and innovation, value, service integration, collaboration, sustainability, and a focus on reducing health inequalities, aligning with the council's health and wellbeing strategy and wider agenda.

## Notice

Integrated sexual health service (ISHS) to provide service users with open access to 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. Approximate Lifetime value included below

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A specialist integrated sexual health service (ISHS) to 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. We intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS8,752,842. Services will be delivered from 1/4/2025 for a period of 48 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months

Options: Contract term includes 2 x 12 month options to extend

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2/04/2025 (8 working days following publication of the intent to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014362-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £8,752,842 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GATESHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | GATESHEAD |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE8 1HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Gateshead |
| Electoral ward | Bridges |
| Westminster constituency | Gateshead Central and Whickham |
| Delivery location | TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 10 Apr 2025 at 14:49 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014362-2025
- 20 Mar 2025 at 16:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010495-2025

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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