II.1)
Scope of the procurement
Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs)
85100000
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Health services
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
The successful provider will be required to deliver Termination of Pregnancy services for the
registered populations of the following Commissioners/Contracting Authorities (1) NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, (2) NHS Wolverhampton CCG and (3) NHS Walsall CCG. The contract duration will be for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
Please note, during the term of the agreement, Birmingham and Solihull CCG may become responsible for commissioning services for the registered GP patient population of West Birmingham. Further details can be found in the tender documentation.
II.1.5)
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 12054522.00
GBP
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
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Health services
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The service is for the provision of abortion care to the female population of Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) , Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
The service relates to the provision of termination services to women with an unwanted pregnancy who request termination. It also describes how termination services will provide contraception and sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment services.
The abortion service shall comply with the abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Those seeking terminations that are under 16 years of age will comply with the guidelines stated within the service specification.
The objectives of the service are:
• To offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.
• To provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.
• To provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances.
• To improve the sexual health of all service users through providing sexual health screening for Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STI's) for all age groups for patients from Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCG’s.
• To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods.
• To work with local Sexual Health Service provider/s to facilitate ongoing continuation of long term contraception for Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton residents. This may involve requests to patients to share patient contact details with sexual health service for follow up.
• To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.
Further details relating to the service and procurement process can be found within the EU Supply system. Please refer to section I.3 of this notice for details on accessing the relevant information.
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Value excluding VAT: 12054522.00
GBP
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
72
This contract is subject to renewal:
no
II.2.10)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
no
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
yes
Description of options:
5 Year Contract with 12 month extension option
II.2.13)
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
no