Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Devon County Council
County Hall, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
Contact
Mr Oliver Reed
Telephone
+44 1392383000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK4 - Devon
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Torbay Council
Town Hall, Castle Circus
Torquay
TQ1 3DR
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK4 - Devon
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
CP2395-23 - Sexual Health & Reproductive Health Service
Reference number
DN676223
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Devon County Council (DCC) & Torbay Council (TC) are anticipating jointly procuring an Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Service to be in place from 1st July 2025.
We are keen to hear from providers who might want to be part of this pre-procurement process.
Commissioners do not have a defined blueprint about how the service or services should be configured and delivered – we are keen to hear from the market.
Please note that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is not a call for competition at this stage. However, both Councils would like to hear your ideas, particularly about how you might be involved in helping us to deliver our mandatory Public Health responsibilities , in flexible, responsive, cost-effective ways.
Our requirements are likely to include (but may not be limited to):
• Accessible services – to all ages and abilities – in person, by telephone and online.
• Adaptable services – that can flex and transform to understand and respond appropriately to changing behaviours, changing needs, changes in society and work with partners and people.
• High quality, cost-effective services.
• Clinically safe and robust provision.
• Non-judgmental and confidential services including sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne virus (BBV) testing, treatment, and management; HIV PrEP; the full range of contraceptive provision; health improvement and prevention.
• Services that identify and pro-actively address health inequalities.
• Services that use data and insights to continuously adapt and improve.
Important – Next steps:
Please respond by providing an outline of how you would want to play a part in helping us deliver our Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Service as described above by 12 noon on 07 August 2023. Do not attach any sales leaflets or internet links as part of your response these will not be reviewed. We may want to hold further face to face/MS Teams conversations in the autumn with the providers who respond as requested.
Commissioning local HIV sexual and reproductive health services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK4 - Devon
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please see description above
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
26 July 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes