Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Sexual Health Service · North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust for Westmorland and Furness Council (Mar 2026)
Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD12)
Awarded value£11,505,890published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Jul 2019
Awarded to North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Contract term Ends 26 Mar 2026starts 25 Mar 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Following implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the Council assumed…
Following implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the Council assumed responsibility for a range of Public Health functions including a legal mandate to provide access to a range of sexual health and contraceptive services including:-
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) services enabling open access to testing and treatment for HIV and other STIs.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Services providing information and access to a full range of contraceptive methods.
The Council procured an Integrated Sexual Health Service providing Level 1, 2 and 3 services to complement existing Level 1 and 2 services commissioned from General Practice and Community Pharmacy providers.
Key priorities of the Integrated Sexual Health Service are:-
- Accessible integrated provision to ensure that the majority of sexual health and contraception needs can be met within a single consultation.
- Improved information about sexual health and sexual health services in order to raise awareness, promote self-management and support appropriate referral and signposting.
- Targeted activity to improve accessibility and engagement for at risk groups, including young people, black and minority ethnic groups (BME), and men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Improved Chlamydia screening and STI testing to reduce late diagnosis, particularly HIV.
- Provision of clinical leadership to General Practices and Community Pharmacies commissioned by the Council to provide level 1 and 2 sexual health services in the county.
- Development of educational and research opportunities to increase workforce expertise, support staff retention and build sexual health capacity in the local NHS and partner organisations
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Mar 2026, 16:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2026, 16:03 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026972- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06731bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Mar 2026 → 25 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published216 days ago24 Mar 2026, 16:03 GMT
- Contract starts216 days ago25 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £11,505,8901 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jul 2019
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | £11,505,890 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 026972-2026-DN397358-1 · North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2019
- Value
- £11,505,890
- Period
- … – 26 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Change A contract modification was applied to the existing contract for Integrated Sexual Health Services following an unsuccessful Direct Award Procurement using the Direct Award Process A under the Provider Selection Regime 2023. The modification was required to allow for continuation of service while developing and undertaking a new open procurement exercise. The contract term when originally procured was from 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2024 and was procured under the Procurement Contracts Regulations (2015). Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 now apply. The modification provided an additional 14 month extension period to the term from 01/10/2024 - 30/11/2025., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The decision for modification was applied following an unsuccessful conclusion of a Direct Award Process A procured under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 for Integrated Sexual Health Services. The modification was required to allow for continuation of a statutory service while developing and undertaking a new open procurement exercise which has been completed. The modification was to apply an additional 14 month extension period to the term from 01/10/2024 - 30/11/2025.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Independent patient choice and procurement panelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.