How to win: Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Service

About this contract

Most Suitable Provider Process: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. BCP Council, acting on behalf of both BCP Council and Dorset Council, intends to award a contract using the Most Suitable Provider Process for the provision of a fully integrated, open-access Sexual and Reproductive Health Service across the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, and Dorset local authority areas. The service will be awarded as a single contract and will not be divided into lots. The service shall deliver: • Sexual health prevention, testing, diagnosis and treatment services. • Reproductive health and contraception services, including Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). • HIV testing, prevention and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) services. • Digital and self-managed sexual health pathways, including online information, triage and home testing where clinically

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