Medway Integrated Sexual Health Service (including HIV Treatment and Care)

The provision of open access sexual health services is a mandated function for Local Authorities under regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Public Health Function and Entry to premises by local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013. Medway has an integrated sexual health service that delivers HIV Treatment and Care services in partnership with NHS England.

Our joint vision is to recommission an Integrated Sexual & Reproductive Health Service (including outpatient HIV Treatment and Care).

Medway Council in partnership with NHS England (the Contracting Authorities) invite the provider to submit a tender to provide this service. The Service provision will be divided into two elements with both elements awarded to one and the same lead provider. The Provider must therefore submit a single tender for both elements:

Element 1 – a contract with Medway Council for the provision of Specialist Clinical Service (Sexual and reproductive health) that includes the following services:

• Hub and Spoke clinics offering a full level 1-3 service (STI prevention, detection and treatment, Contraception, and associated functions)
• Self-managed care including health education, online testing, and harm reduction
• Outreach to schools, colleges and other organisations to promote the service
• Outreach to groups who face additional barriers accessing services
• Psychosexual therapies; short to medium term therapy
• National Chlamydia Screening Programme
• Condom scheme
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception fitting and removal in primary care
• Emergency Oral Contraception in Pharmacies
• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE)
• Out of Area payments and invoicing (Provider holds the budget within core contract value)

Element 2 – Adult HIV Treatment and Care Services delivered in accordance with the national service specification.

The provision of open access sexual health services is a mandated function for Local Authorities under regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Public Health Function and Entry to premises by local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013. Medway has an integrated sexual health service that delivers HIV Treatment and Care services in partnership with NHS England.

The service provision is divided into two elements with both elements awarded to one and the same lead provider.

Element 1 – a contract with Medway Council for the provision of Specialist Clinical Service (Sexual and reproductive health) that includes the following services:

• Hub and Spoke clinics offering a full level 1-3 service (STI prevention, detection and treatment, Contraception, and associated functions)
• Self-managed care including health education, online testing, and harm reduction
• Outreach to schools, colleges and other organisations to promote the service
• Outreach to groups who face additional barriers accessing services
• Psychosexual therapies; short to medium term therapy
• National Chlamydia Screening Programme
• Condom scheme
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception fitting and removal in primary care
• Emergency Oral Contraception in Pharmacies
• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE)
• Out of Area payments and invoicing (Provider holds the budget within core contract value)

Element 2 – Adult HIV Treatment and Care Services delivered in accordance with the national service specification. Element 2 is via a section 75 agreement between NHS England and Medway Council.

This notice serves as notification of the intention to award the contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.

The approximate lifetime value of the contract.is £17,813,090.

The contract will commence 1 April 2025 for 3 years to 31 March 2028 with the option, at the discretion of the relevant contracting authorities to extend for a further 2 years.

1 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 24 months in total