Health services

Tender description

Local Authorities took on the responsibility for commissioning most sexual health services in April 2013, as part of their public heath duties under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. This includes the provision of comprehensive, confidential, open access level 3 sexual health services, with services for: Contraception (outside of the GP Contract), Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing and treatment (outside of the GP Contract), Chlamydia Testing as part of the national chlamydia screening programme, Psycho-sexual counselling, Specialist outreach services for young people, Sexual Health Promotion and HIV prevention Services. The Isle of Wight local authority are looking to engage the market in identifying options for the future commissioning and subsequent provision of these services. This notice is being used to engage any interested organisations that wish to help inform and shape the Isle of Wight Council Level 3 Sexual Health Services prior to this service being tendered under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. It is intended that, following the tendering process, the contract for Sexual Health Services will commence on 1.9.2017. We wish to encourage all interested organisations to register on the South East Business Portal. This can be done by following the link https://procontract.due-north.com/register The process is free, simple and full instructions on how to do this are on the portal. Once confirmed, you will receive a username and password via email. Once registered, we would welcome any feedback you have regarding our forthcoming contract opportunity which can be submitted using the form which can be downloaded from the portal. Please complete and upload to the portal by 14:00, 25.8.2016 when the market consultation period will close.