Southend Sexual Health Services Market Engagement

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (the Council) is seeking to engage with the market to gain an understanding of the capacity and appetite to bid on the Sexual Health Service within Southend-on-Sea.

The Council is interested to understand the capacity of the market to be able to bid on this opportunity should it be advertised in August-September 2020. The Council is looking to award the contract end of October 2020.

The service must commence on 1st April 2021.

We anticipate the contract will run for 3 years plus a possible extension of 3 years (to be taken in 12 month increments) with a maximum budget of approximately £1.3million per annum.

It is likely that the contract will include the following elements: • Sexual health and reproductive health services including the national chlamydia screening programme (Level 1 and 2) • Genito-Urinary-Medicine (GUM Level 3) • Sexual health promotion and community HIV prevention • Out of Area cross charging • Contraceptive provision • PGD sign off for EHC in community pharmacy • Online STI testing • Condom distribution scheme or equivalent • Innovative ways to deliver digital services for STIs and contraception • Laboratory services

Please complete and return the attached questionnaire.