Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Description

Sexual and reproductive health is an important area of public health. Most of the adult population of England are sexually active and access to quality sexual and reproductive health services improves the health and wellbeing of both individuals and populations. Walsall Borough Council are looking for a specialist integrated sexual health service (ISHS) to provide service users with open access to confidential, non-judgemental services. Lot 1: This notice is a Prior Information Notice under the permitted procedure for social and other specific services, as provided for in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - Regulation 48. In accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) of the Regulations, interested parties should note that the contract for the services may be awarded without further publication and interested parties should express their interest in writing by following the instructions in this document and responding to all questions accordingly. Service Description A specialist integrated sexual health service (ISHS) to provide service users with open access to confidential, non-judgemental services: • including sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBV) testing (including HIV), treatment and management • HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) • the full range of contraceptive provision • health promotion and prevention including relevant vaccinations.