Integrated Sexual Health (C161).

Descriptions

Bury, Oldham and Rochdale Councils (the Commissioners) are intending to procure a Contract for the provision of an Integrated Sexual Health service for the period 9.11.2015 to 31.3.2019 with an option to extend on an annual basis 2019-2020/2020-2021. The Contract (with a single provider) will be let by Rochdale Council as the Lead Commissioner and Bury and Oldham Councils will be partner authorities. The provider will provide an all age integrated sexual health service (including where contractually agreed Bury and Rochdale; the Young Peoples Sexual Health Support Service and Young Peoples Clinical Service) to ensure seamless access for patients requiring contraception and STI testing and treatment services; and providing holistic care to ensure that patients receive the most appropriate treatment and care regardless of the primary reason for presentation. The service will deliver integrated (not simply co-located) provision provided under 1 management structure. The provider will work in partnership with other locally commissioned services for young people both clinical and non-clinical to maintain and develop homogeneous pathways of care. The provider will provide dual trained nursing staff who can provide both contraceptive and STI care. This provides better patient care as this reduces or removes boundaries between traditional sexual health disciplines. ‘Dual trained’ means that clinical nursing staff will have training in both provision of contraception and management of sexually transmitted infections. The provider will also provide medical consultant staff who are dual trained and/sufficient sessions of medical consultant time to enable both STI and contraceptive service provision to be consultant led.The bids will be apportioned into 3 Lots as follows:— Lot 1 — Bury Council,— Lot 2 — Oldham Metropolitan Council,— Lot 3 — Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council.See the service specification for further details.