Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Mr Matt Wellard
Telephone
+44 3000413221
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=43cdd9df-d78d-ee11-8125-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=43cdd9df-d78d-ee11-8125-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Long Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care Settings DPS
Reference number
DN701186
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
As required under the Provider Selection Regime Regulation 13(5), this is a notice of extension of the existing DPS (now managed under Direct Award B) by a further year until 30th November 2025.
Kent County Council is procuring through Primary Care, the fitting, monitoring, checking,
and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal
implants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), for
contraceptive purposes only. The Council is aiming to procure a service which is available in
each Kent geographical Primary Care Network area, to ensure access for services
throughout the county.
The service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold
valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC), as issued by the Faculty of Sexual and
Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), for the procedures undertaken, or
by potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the
ability to:
- achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the FSRH as part of a
primary care pathway.
- have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH
latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant.
- ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care
managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest
standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
As required under the Provider Selection Regime Regulation 13(5), this is a notice of extension of the existing DPS (now managed under Direct Award B) by a further year until 30th November 2025.
Kent County Council is procuring through Primary Care, the fitting, monitoring, checking,
and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal
implants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), for
contraceptive purposes only. The Council is aiming to procure a service which is available in
each Kent geographical Primary Care Network area, to ensure access for services
throughout the county.
The service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold
valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC), as issued by the Faculty of Sexual and
Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), for the procedures undertaken, or
by potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the
ability to:
- achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the FSRH as part of a
primary care pathway.
- have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH
latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant.
- ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care
managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest
standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).
The contract term would be from 1/12/2023-30/11/2024, with the possibility of two 12
months extensions. Contracts with Suppliers will be tariff-based and subject to change, with
no minimum guaranteed value, as the service is activity based). However, the estimated total
spends including reimbursement of the LARC devices, over 3 years is 4,100,000 GBP.
Kent County Council is looking to appoint Suppliers through a Dynamic Purchasing System,
to provide this service. The DPS is for the procurement of social and other services referred
to in Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) and as such, the intention is
to use a Light Touch Regime, rather than the full regime described in Regulation 34
(Dynamic Purchasing System).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 December 2023
End date
30 November 2025
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
30 November 2025
Local time
11:55pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Kent County Council
Maidstone
Country
United Kingdom