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Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Service (PSR Direct Award Process C - Notice of Intention to make an award of a contact to the existing provider)

Sunderland City Council · tenderUpdate

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Sept 2026, 07:40.

Opportunity overview

A contact for the provision of the Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Services ("the Service") including enabling open access, cost effective and high quality provision of contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections. This will be provided according to evidence based guidance and adapted to the needs of the local populations. The Service aims to improve sexual health by providing easy routes of access to interventions and ensuring sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met through a single service, usually by one health professional. The Service will offer extended opening hours and be provided in accessible locations.

Classification

  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06f403
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85323000
Description
Community health services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This is a contract award notice under Regulation 9(10) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 ("the PSR"). The contract for the Service ("the Contract") has now been awarded by Sunderland City Council ("the Council") under Direct Award Process C of the PSR to the existing provider, South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. The Contract was awarded on 18th September 2026, following the previous publication by the Council of the notice of the intention to make an award of the contract to the existing provider and the completion of the standstill period at midnight of the 7th September 2026. Description of the Relevant Health Services: The Service will enable open access, cost effective and high quality provision of contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections. This will be provided according to evidence based guidance and adapted to the needs of the local populations. The Service aims to improve sexual health by providing easy routes of access to interventions and ensuring sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met through a single service, usually by one health professional. The Service will offer extended opening hours and be provided in accessible locations. The Provider will work with the Council to create and develop a service that manages Service Users' needs appropriately at all times and will meet the performance requirements of the Service. For the purposes of this Service Specification, integrated service delivery is defined as an approach by which sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met through a single service, usually by one health professional. The vision for the Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Service is: A holistic service which meets the needs of its users by: • Promoting good sexual health. • Helping people to manage their own sexual health needs. • Leading the delivery of evidence based and modern approaches to improving sexual health. • Providing simple and effective access to a wide range of evidence based interventions to improve Sexual Health. • Offering services flexibly to meet the changing needs of the population. • Providing leadership and building capacity in the wider sexual health workforce. Provider Details: South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland Royal Hospital Kayll Road Sunderland Tyne and Wear SR4 7TP The initial term of the Contract is for a period of five years with an option to extend the Contract for up to a further two years at the discretion of the Council. The start date of the Contract is 1st October 2026. The total estimated value of the Contract over its potential term is £17,848,12.00. The award of this Contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 and Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to the award of this Contract. Decision maker: Executive Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Sunderland City Council. No conflicts of interest were declared.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Sunderland City Council
Id
GB-FTS-139398

Identifier

Legal Name
Sunderland City Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
City Hall, Plater Way,
Locality
Sunderland
Region
UKC23
Postal Code
SR13AA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Issy Langley

Roles

buyer

Details

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Sunderland · UKC23 · SR13AA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 084644-2026award, contract ·
  2. 088660-2026tenderUpdate ·