Contract award · 23 Jun 2025

Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) & Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Services

Westminster City Council awarded “Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) & Sexual…” to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for £96.9m.

No competitionHealth & social careLondon

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Westminster City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£96,921,224
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Services provided by medical personnel (CPV 85141000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date23 Jun 2025
  2. Published24 Jun 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

This proposed contract award is for the provision of an open access specialist integrated sexual health service (ISHS) which includes 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. The proposed contract also requires evidence based care, centred on recognised national best practice and guidance, adapted to the needs of local populations, especially those at greater risk of poor sexual health outcomes, together with a proactive approach to academic partnerships and links, will support improved outcomes, innovation and increasing the responsiveness, effectiveness and quality of services. As well as directly providing clinical services, the proposed contracts has a requirement for local clinical services to cooperate …

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