Section one: Contracting authority/entity
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
NUTS code
UKK4 - Devon
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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 11th 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)
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-018251
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
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seven.2) Other additional information
Deadline 12pm noon on Friday 11th August 2023