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Sexual Health Locally Commissioned Services - LARC + HIV Testing

Description: The contract is for the provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception ("LARC") services and HIV Testing services to improve sexual health outcomes by: * Increasing the use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), giving more individuals and families reliable control over their reproductive health. * Contributing to a reduction in the number of unintended pregnancies and terminations including teenage conceptions. * Contributing to reducing health inequalities by improving access to good reproductive health services for vulnerable groups. * Increasing the knowledge of risks associated with STIs and referring clients who may have been at risk of STIs to an appropriate service. * Diagnosing more previously undiagnosed HIV through enhanced testing of at-risk populations, contributing to a reduction in late diagnosis and the associated harm. The contract term duration is 33 (read more...)

Summary: Southampton City Council commissioned locally delivered sexual health services covering long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and HIV testing. The services are intended to improve reproductive health outcomes, reduce unintended pregnancies, terminations and teenage conceptions, and improve access for vulnerable groups experiencing health inequalities. They also include increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infection risks, referring people who may be at risk to appropriate services, and identifying previously undiagnosed HIV through enhanced testing of at-risk populations. This is a health and social care services requirement, delivered in Southampton. The buyer is Southampton City Council, with commissioning responsibility held within its Public Health and Commissioning (Community & Wellbeing) sections. The requirement is presented as one service package rather than separate operational lots.

Southampton Smokefree Service

Description: Southampton City Council ("the Council") invited Tenders from suitably qualified service providers ("Potential Suppliers") for the provision of a Southampton Smokefree Service. This Procurement was conducted in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 using the Competitive Procedure. The contract being procured is for the delivery of a Smokefree Southampton Service that will provide: An oversight role dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality across our commissioned and embedded stop smoking services; expertise, training, CPD, quality assurance, a telephone helpline and service development to support the embedded stop smoking model within the wider workforce; direct Support for people with complex needs, underserved groups or people experiencing health inequalities; the sub-contracting of services within Primary Care Networks and Pharmacies drug and alcohol treatment and support (read more...)

Summary: Southampton City Council procured a Southampton Smokefree Service, a health and social care service supporting smoking cessation across Southampton. The service includes oversight of commissioned and embedded stop-smoking provision; quality assurance; training and continuing professional development; a telephone helpline; service development for the wider workforce; and direct support for people with complex needs, underserved groups and people experiencing health inequalities. It also includes subcontracting services through Primary Care Networks, pharmacies, and drug and alcohol treatment and support services. The work is delivered across the city of Southampton, with scope potentially affected by future local government reorganisation. This is a new contract for an existing service.

Marine Research Vessel Refit, Maintenance, Equipment and Support Services Framework

Description: The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is looking to establish an open framework for the refit, maintenance, equipping and sustainment of its operational research vessels, including RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery, together with associated marine assets and scientific systems, across their working life. The support sought is expected to include the following broad areas, which are indicative and not exhaustive. Refit and docking support across the classification cycle, including the intermediate and special survey work falling due within it, broadly covering hull, structural and coating work, propulsion and steering intervention, tailshaft and rudder work, and the repair and renewal identified through survey. Both wet berth and dry dock coverage will be needed over the life of the framework, and the structure will be designed to accommodate suppliers offering (read more...)

Summary: The National Oceanography Centre intends to establish a framework for refitting, maintaining, equipping and supporting its operational research vessels, including RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery, and associated marine assets and scientific systems. The scope covers docking and survey work, hull and structural repairs, propulsion, steering, mechanical and electrical engineering, fabrication, pipework, hydraulics, HVAC, cabling, systems installation, maintenance and commissioning. It also includes manufacturer or approved-partner support for critical vessel systems, marine research and survey equipment, technical services such as naval architecture and marine surveying, and the supply of maritime hardware, spares and consumables. Decarbonisation and environmental retrofit capability is of interest. Work will take place at yards, ports and NOC sites across the United Kingdom and overseas.

UHS Urgent Treatment Centre Clinical Service Provision

Description: GP managed service to operate and run the Urgent Treatment Centre alongside UHS ED Clinicians. UTC will operate 12 hours a day with patients directed by UHS staff for the treatment of minor illness. Three year + 2 extension options.

Summary: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a GP-managed clinical service to operate and run its Urgent Treatment Centre alongside the trust’s emergency department clinicians. The centre will treat patients with minor illnesses who are directed there by University Hospital Southampton staff. The service will operate for 12 hours each day and is classified as general-practitioner services. Delivery is in the South East of England, with the buying organisation based in Southampton. This is a healthcare service opportunity for providers able to supply and manage general-practitioner-led urgent treatment, coordinate with hospital emergency department teams and handle patient referrals within an NHS hospital setting. The requirement is categorised as a service rather than goods or works, and is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

UHS Urgent Treatment Centre Clinical Service Provision

Description: GP managed service to operate and run the Urgent Treatment Centre alongside UHS ED Clinicians. UTC will operate 12 hours a day with patients directed by UHS staff for the treatment of minor illness. Three year + 2 extension options.

Summary: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a GP-managed clinical service to operate and run an Urgent Treatment Centre alongside the Trust’s emergency department clinicians. The centre will provide treatment for patients with minor illness, operating for 12 hours each day, with patients directed to it by University Hospital Southampton staff. This is a healthcare services requirement, classified under general-practitioner services. Delivery is in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The successful provider will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the centre and for working as part of the wider clinical service alongside NHS emergency department staff. The requirement is identified as potentially suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, subject to meeting the procurement’s selection criteria.

Hydrographic Survey Services

Description: The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport. The MCA is responsible throughout the UK for implementing and developing the UK Government's maritime safety and environmental protection policy. That includes co-ordinating Search and Rescue at sea through His Majesty's Coastguard 24 hours a day, and checking that ships meet UK and international safety rules. The MCA work to prevent the loss of lives at the coast and at sea, to ensure that ships are safe, and to prevent coastal pollution: Safer Lives, Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas. The MCA plays a unique role within Government in discharging the UK's statutory hydrographic obligations under the United Nations' Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The MCA funds, manages and delivers the UK Civil (read more...)

Summary: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Transport, intends to procure hydrographic survey services for the UK Civil Hydrography Programme. The programme prioritises, surveys and maps UK waters so that nautical charts and publications remain current, safe and fit for purpose. The work supports the MCA’s statutory hydrographic obligations under the United Nations Safety of Life at Sea Convention and its wider responsibilities for maritime safety, environmental protection, search and rescue, ship safety and preventing coastal pollution. The service category is hydrographic surveying services. Activity will support waters throughout the UK, within a national government programme managed and funded by the MCA.

Residential and Nursing Care Framework

Description: This procurement is for the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of residential and nursing care home services for Southampton City residents. The framework will be available for use by Southampton City Council (SCC) and NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Integrated Care Board) to make placements for eligible individuals requiring residential or nursing care. The Council is seeking to appoint multiple providers operating registered residential and nursing care homes across a number of framework lots, including standard and specialist residential and nursing provision for people with low, medium and high levels of need. Placements made under the framework will be awarded through a call-off process in accordance with the framework terms and award methodology. Appointment to the framework will not guarantee any volume of referrals, (read more...)

Summary: Southampton City Council intends to establish a residential and nursing care framework for Southampton City residents. Southampton City Council and NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board would use it to place eligible people in registered residential and nursing care homes. The planned provision covers standard and specialist residential and nursing care for people with low, medium and high levels of need. It is intended to increase local capacity for people with complex needs, expand options for working-age adults with learning disabilities, neurodivergence, mental health needs and substance use disorders, and help people remain near home and their communities. The services are health and social work services (CPV 85000000), delivered through care homes serving Southampton residents.

Provision of Aerial Surveillance for HMCG

Description: HM Coastguard (HMCG) helicopters and planes, provided under the UKSAR2G contract, have a primary role to provide search and rescue. However, they undertake a range of other missions in support of wider Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) objectives, and those of other government departments. In addition, HMCG require an Search and Surveillance service to provide near real time situational awareness in support of specialised SAR operations. Therefore, the MCA is planning to undertake a procurement for this additional Search and Surveillance service. The MCA will procure for intelligence, search, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets that can supply the information required. This service will not require national coverage. Potentially, during high-risk times, an HMCG surveillance asset could be operating for a full 24-hour period extending into consecutive days and sometimes (read more...)

Summary: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is planning an aerial search and surveillance service for HM Coastguard. The requirement is for intelligence, search, surveillance and reconnaissance assets that can provide near real-time maritime situational awareness in areas of need, supporting specialised search and rescue operations and wider government objectives. The service does not require national coverage. It may involve a surveillance asset operating continuously for 24 hours, across consecutive days and sometimes weeks, during periods of high risk. The procurement is for services, including surveillance and air-sea rescue support. Delivery locations are operational areas identified as needing maritime situational awareness rather than a single national or fixed site. The buyer is a central government agency based in Southampton.

Command and Control Programme (C2P)

Description: *IMPORTANT UPDATE* The MCA invites all market participants to complete an Early Market Engagement Questionnaire. This is being conducted through the Department for Transport's e-sourcing portal, Jaggaer, which can be accessed using the following link: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/ Suppliers must register on Jaggaer, log-in and navigate to PQQ_788 in order to respond to this market consultation. You can register by clicking the grey "click here to register!" button on the link above and following the instructions. Please note that you will require a DUNS number (Dun and Bradstreet) to register. If you do not know your number access the following link to find yours: https://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-number/lookup.html, click on the D-U-N-S number section. If a DUNS number is not found there is guidance on how to acquire one in the same place. (read more...)

Summary: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is planning a procurement process titled "Command and Control Programme (C2P)," targeting the information technology services industry. This procurement is currently at the planning stage, with an estimated tender notice date set for 1st April 2027. Suppliers are invited to participate in an Early Market Engagement Questionnaire by 30th July 2026, to be conducted through the Department for Transport’s e-sourcing portal, Jaggaer. The programme aims to enhance the MCA's mission-critical command-and-control capabilities to support search and rescue operations across the UK, valued at approximately £70 million, with a contract execution period from January 2028 to January 2032.

UHS Urgent Treatment Centre Clinical Service Provision

Description: GP managed service to operate and run the Urgent Treatment Centre alongside UHS ED Clinicians. UTC will operate 12 hours a day with patients directed by UHS staff for the treatment of minor illness. Three year + 2 extension options.

Summary: The public procurement process for the "UHS Urgent Treatment Centre Clinical Service Provision" is currently in the tender stage and managed by BIP Solutions Limited. This procurement is focused on soliciting general-practitioner services, specifically for a GP-managed service to operate the Urgent Treatment Centre alongside UHS ED Clinicians. The location for the service delivery is in the South East region of the United Kingdom. The tender process follows an open procedure, with the tender period set to conclude on 9 January 2026. The service contract, valued nominally to comply with legal guidelines, is scheduled to start on 5 October 2026 and will run for three years, with potential extension options for an additional two years. This opportunity falls within the services category of the procurement classification.