Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL
ADDRESS
TOWN
POSTCODE
Contact
Louise Fenn
louise.fenn@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1270686454
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD6 - Cheshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
INTEGRATED SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES
Reference number
DN 385769
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD6 - Cheshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
Provision of an integrated sexual health service primarily for the residents of the Borough of Cheshire East. The service will be managed by one single provider who may deliver the service through a series of subcontracts or partnership arrangements.
Period: 1.10.2019 - 30.9.2024.
[With 2 x 12 months options to extend]
The service will:
- aim to build an open culture where everyone is able to make informed and responsible choices about relationships and sex,
- take the lead in reducing health inequalities and improving sexual health outcomes,
- play a key role in delivering both preventative and treatment interventions that will allow people to make informed decisions about relationships, sex and reproductive health, building personal resilience and promoting healthy choices,
- aim to improve sexual health by delivering a range of interventions across the life course, with a focus on community based preventative services that will reduce the demand on specialist services,
- provide open and easy access to evidence-based, cost-effective, high quality contraception and prevention services as well as the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections,
- deliver both clinic based activity and outreach, and will identify targeted locations and convenient times to ensure that high risk groups are supported to achieve good sexual health,
- ensure that it provides equitable access to services across the geography of Cheshire East.
Service delivery outcomes:
The service will support service delivery against the three, main sexual health Public Health Outcome Framework measures:
- under 18 yrs. conceptions,
- chlamydia detection (15-24 yrs.),
- people presenting with HIV at a late stage of infection.
In addition, it will deliver the following outcomes to improve the sexual health in the local population as a whole, with all work based on local needs assessments to recognise risk changes in the population:
- early diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and prevention of onwards transmission, including
providing opportunistic Chlamydia screening for asymptomatic 15 to 24 years old and early identification of HIV,
- reducing unintended/unplanned pregnancies,
- reducing health inequalities.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
84
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2019/S 010-018971
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
18 164
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
15 April 2019
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
10775747
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £17,500,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKD6 - Cheshire
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
Cheshire East Council seeks to commission a lead provider for the management, coordination and provision of an integrated sexual health service primarily for the residents of the Borough of Cheshire East. The service will be managed by one single provider who may deliver the service through a series of sub-contracts or partnership arrangements. Period: 1.10.2019 - 30.9.2024. [With 2 x 12 months options to extend].
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
84
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£17,500,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
10775747
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
This is a national requirement for Councils to add "HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service specification" to their current Sexual Health contract.
Additional allocated funds from PHE to cover the routine commission of PrEP.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
Councils have received additional funding from Public Health England (PHE) to provide the PrEP service, & to integrate this with the current sexual health contract. PCR regulation 72.1 b is being used, although the modified value is less than 10% of the original value, estimated to be ~£59k / year, i.e. a total of £295,805 over the remainder of the contract; there is a change to the contract scope.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £17,500,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £17,795,805