Termination of Pregnancy Services for NHS Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs are looking to procure Termination of Pregnancy Services which shall provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortions.

The following Clinical Commissioning Groups are participating in this procurement:

• Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group
• Stafford & Surrounds Clinical Commissioning Group
• South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group
• East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
• North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
• Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group

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

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 appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.

• Provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.

• Offer a range of contraception including long acting reversible contraception and if the patient chooses, provide on the same day as the termination. The objective being to minimise the number of repeat terminations.

• Improve the sexual health of women by providing screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia for people at risk, Provide information and signpost women to local sexual health services.

• Ensure that risk of infection and other complications to service users is minimised.

• Ensure clear and responsive pathways with acute hospital gynaecology services for complex patients who have medical complications or are considered high risk.

• Ensure that guidelines on supporting and managing young people under the age of 18 are adhered to.

• Ensure that services are delivered in line with current legislation (I.e. Abortion Act) and adhere to national guidelines with regards to the Covid-19 Pandemic

The CCGs are looking to appoint a service provider or consortium to deliver this service for a period of 3 years with an optional 24 months extension available.

The annual service value is £1,091,849.00. The contract is to be offered on a block basis and will be unaffected by activity levels, the contract will be subject to a cap and collar on activity levels.

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

Additional information: Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.

This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at

https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

• (i)Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister;
• (ii)Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Helpdesk on +448003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime Services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.