Community health services

Tender description

Wakefield Council is looking to procure district wide clinical and non-clinical sexual health services. The proposed model offers a comprehensive and flexible response to emerging trends in sexual health, in the context of an uncertain and potentially different way of delivering and accessing services longer term. A greater emphasis on digital services within the clinical service offer wider access opportunities and address some of the current capacity and demand challenges. The contract will be be split into two lots and it is anticipated that the new contracts will commence on 1 October 2021, initially for a period of 5 years with the option to extend up to a further 5 years. It is possible that TUPE might apply. The service is expected to be characterised by providing: • an open access service irrespective of their age or place of residence, without referral; • a City Centre based clinic offering level 1, 2 and 3 services within a single consultation; • a single point of contact for all local sexual health services, including website and telephone advice line; • cost-effective and clinically robust offer of e-sexual and reproductive health services including an online portal assessment for STI testing and management and online or remote assessment and provision of contraception and emergency hormonal contraception; • appointment options to include same day and pre-booked remote consultations, and same day (urgent) and pre-booked face to face appointments; • a full range of sexual health services for individuals of any age, including schemes for POCT and home sampling where appropriate; • free treatment to all service users for contraceptive and sexual health, including prescribing, dispensing and drug related costs; • sustained high uptake of LARC in a range of primary care settings via subcontracts to be managed by the provider; • the delivery of EHC, including within community pharmacy; via subcontracts to be managed by the provider; • access to free condoms, lubricants and safer sex resources; • a Chlamydia screening programme for Under 25s; One provider will be awarded for this lot. The service for Lot 2 will be characterised by: • relationships sex education, HIV prevention and support, sexual coercion awareness prevention and youth outreach; • bespoke and locally accessible sexual health promotion and prevention services targeted at groups vulnerable to poor sexual health; • flexible, creative and innovative approaches to engagement, via digital and face to face methods; • effective data sharing agreements with the Lot 1 provider; • facilitation of clinical outreach targeted at groups vulnerable to STIs and unplanned pregnancy (in partnership with Lot 1 provider); • strong referral pathways in place between sexual and reproductive health and related services (i.e. primary care, alcohol and drug misuse, sexual violence and sexual assault referral centre, HIV treatment service, 0-19 service, and services for young people); • being a high profile well recognised presence in situations reaching young people and vulnerable or marginalised groups including through digital platforms. One provider will be awarded the contract to provide the services for Lot 2.