Decision details

Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (Decision to be taken)

Decision Maker: Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member Health and Wellbeing, Leader

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To agree the business case for the recommissioning of the sexual health service. This service provides a range of information, guidance and services with respect to sexual and reproductive health services, genito-urinary medicine and contraception services.

Decision:

Recommendations:

 

1.                  Re-commission sexual health services on a 5 + 4 contract (open market tender) with a 70/30 split for quality/finance scoring ratio.

 

2.                  Agree Option 4 – Commission in two lots, with one service specification and one tender process.  Lot 1 will be for integrated clinical services.  Lot 2 will be for health promotion, engagement and prevention.

 

3.                  Maintain the existing arrangements for cross charging and primary care and exclude these in the new commissioned service model.

 

4.                  £3,658,112 per annum budget cap to be included in tender documents, with the following split: Lot 1 = £3,053,851, Lot 2 = £604,261 (Budget cap split between lot 1 and lot 2 is subject to final service specification).

 

5.                  To delegate the decision to award the contract to the successful bidder to the appropriate authorised officers in accordance with the Financial Scheme of Delegation.

Contact: Adam Johnson, SCM Public Health & Wellbeing Email: Adam.Johnson@buckinghamshire.gov.uk, Teresa Martin, Commissioning Manager Email: Teresa.Martin@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.

Publication date: 28/06/2022

Date of decision: 06/07/2022

Effective from:

Current call-in Count: 0

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