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NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU

Termination of Pregnancy Services for Shropshire CCG and Telford and Wrekin CCG

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£3.2m
Awarded18 Jun 2018
Published10 Oct 2018
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£3.2mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group jointly wish to invite prospective providers to express their interest for the provision of a Termination of Pregnancy Service, in line with the Royal College of Obstetricians Gynaecologisits (RCOG) clinical guidelines.

The aim of the service is to provide a full comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice for all women requesting induced abortions.

The service shall offer a high quality, impartial support and advice to all women who request a termination of pregnancy regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, religious, personal circumstances or repeat abortions.

The service shall provide service users with appropriate counselling services both prior to and after having had a termination.

The service shall provide service users with access to a termination as early as possible and provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances.

The service aims to improve the sexual health of women through providing sexual health testing and HIV screening, including the provision and referral to treatment where appropriate.

The Service Provider shall provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of reversible contraceptive methods.

The Provider shall be familiar with safeguarding procedures and related services in order to ensure service users are safe.

This may include procedures and services in relation to issues associated with rape, domestic abuse, sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation (FGM).

The Provider shall deliver a procedure to service users whose gestation falls before the UK limit up to 24 weeks.

The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraceptive, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure.

The service shall be consistent, effective, accessible and legal providing a quality service informed by the RCOG guidance and current best practice to ensure that the risk of infection and other complications is minimised.

The successful Provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.

Activity will be paid on a cost per case basis at an agreed local tariff (there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contract awarded but indicative activity will be provided).

The Contract is for a period of 5 years with the option to extend by up to 24 months subject to approval by the Commissioners.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The aim of the service is

The aim of the service is to provide a full comprehensive package of care including assessment,.

02

The service shall offer a high quality

The service shall offer a high quality, impartial support and advice to all women who request a termination.

03

The service shall provide service users

The service shall provide service users with appropriate counselling services both prior to and after having.

04

The service shall provide service users

The service shall provide service users with access to a termination as early as possible and provide.

05

The Service Provider shall provide information

The Service Provider shall provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Safeguarding policysays mustPolicies & commitments
The Provider shall be familiar with safeguarding procedures and related services in order to ensure service

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