Date of dispatch of this notice: 18/07/2020
External Reference: 586ea8a5-d22d-434b-abcc-035845afb38b
Date of dispatch of this notice: 18/07/2020
External Reference: 586ea8a5-d22d-434b-abcc-035845afb38b
Official name: NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
Url: https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/
Address line 1: Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
Town: West Bromwich
Postal Code: B70 9LD
Country: England
Contact person:
E-mail: richard.ward11@nhs.net
Phone:
Title attributed to the contract: Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs)
Description:
The successful provider is 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 is 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. 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 (STIs) for all age groups for patients from Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCGs. • 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 later in this notice for details on accessing the relevant information.
Awarded Date: 01/01/2020
Awarded Value:
11,552,598.00
Contract start date: 01/01/2020
Contract end date: 31/12/2025