2021-0153 Camden and Islington Young People’s Sexual Health Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• islington young people’s sexual health service
• camden
• islington council
• sexual health support
• young people
• service users
• local voluntary community sector services
• camden council
• sexual health

Location

London:

Description

Islington Council and Camden Council invite suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for the Camden and Islington Young People’s Sexual Health Service. This service will provide high quality sexual health support to young people up to the age of 25. The service will provide clinical support and equip young people with the education and tools to best manage their relationships, sexual health, and wellbeing. The ‘Core Offer’ will be comprised of:  Provision of level 1 and 2 and limited level 3 Integrated Sexual Health Clinics (in both Camden and Islington)  Health advice, emotional support, and counselling Clinics are intended to be nurse led, with accessible facilities. The ‘Community Offer’ will comprise of:  Relationship and Sex Education  Clinical Outreach  Targeted and one-to-one support  Workforce Development,  C-card

Total Quantity or Scope

The service will work jointly with Camden and Islington Councils, local Voluntary Community Sector services and health partners to provide support to service users. All prospective providers bidding must have experience of providing clinical sexual health services. All prospective providers bidding should evidence they can, and will:  Provide clinical sexual health services for young people (including Level 3 services identified in the specification)  Provide Relationships and Sex Education, Workforce Development and C-card  Develop environments free from stigma  Provide a safe, welcoming and excellent standard of care  Understand the principles of trauma informed care  Provide timely access to the service  Maintain a stable staffing structure in order to fulfil contractual obligations  Embed service user feedback into service delivery  Effectively manage transitions for service users into the wider sexual health offer Lots This contract is not being divided into lots. The service will deliver a multi-disciplinary support service to young people largely based on the Department of Health Integrated Sexual Health Services: National Service Specification. TUPE [Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations] Potential providers must be aware that TUPE may or may not apply to this service. Further details will be available in the invitation to tender. Contract Period The contract period will be for 60 months with the option to extend for two (2) periods of up to twenty-four (24) months each (total 108 months). The estimated contract start date will be dependent on whether or not the contract can be awarded based on initial tenders. If the contract can be awarded on initial tenders, the estimated contract start date will be 1 April 2022. Contract Value The maximum available budget for the block contract is £10,693,467 for the maximum 108-month term of the contract. This is based on a value of £1,188,163 per annum. The contract value covers an equitable service across both boroughs. In addition to the block contract value, we will also have a standard tariff structure for Level 3 activity delivered as part of this contract. It is estimated that the value of the additional tariff based activities is not likely to exceed £20,000 per annum. A schedule of activities and tariffs is included within the tender documents. Award criteria The contract will be awarded to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations. MEAT for this contract is quality 70% and cost 30%. Full details will be provided in the invitation to tender. Procurement Process This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers). This procedure is based on the open procedure but with the option for an element of negotiation (if required). All economic operators (service providers) who successfully express an interest will automatically be invited to tender and have access to the tender documents. Full details will be provided in the invitation to tender.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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