Health services

Tender description

A dual-sourced, 3 year contract for the provision of termination of pregnancy service (TOPS). The purpose of TOPS is to provide abortions which are responsive and safe depending on the personal health and circumstances of the individual service user, to reduce repeat abortions and unintended pregnancies, and to promote better sexual health among service users. The aims of TOPS are: — To provide a consistent, comprehensive, effective, accessible, legal and appropriate abortion service to service users through the community route of service provision. — To provide a quality service informed by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Guideline for the ‘Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion’ (the RCOG Guideline), the MEDFASH standards for sexual health services, and current best evidence. — To ensure that risk of infection and other complications to service users is minimised. — To ensure that opportunities for contraceptive information and supply and sexual health screening are maximised. The service is provided on a reactive basis and no guarantee of activity will be stipulated within the contract. The value stipulated within this VEAT is an estimated value based on aggregated activity for community TOP provision in 2016-17.