Awarded contract

Provision for STI Sampling

Details

Buyer: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Supplier(s): Preventx Limited
Value: £887,600
Topic: Health services
Published: 18 July 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Postal and online Sampling for STIs Lot 1: This contract is for the provision of STI sampling services, including: • Online portal assessment for and provision of postal kit for STI and viral hepatitis testing (Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, HIV Syphilis). • 1st line treatment for uncomplicated Chlamydia infection • Referral and support into care • Provision of surveillance and monitoring data • Provision of condoms and lubricant • Sign posting, information and support The Authority is intending to award this contract to an existing provider following direct award process C as per the Provider Selection Regime The approximate life time value of this contract is circa £887,600.00 The contract / services shall be provided from 01/08/2024 to a maximum term of 31/07/2028

Timeline

Completed: Award date17 July 2024
Completed: Award published18 July 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust delivers community health services across Kent and Medway, procuring as an NHS trust with its own commercial function. Tender opportunities are advertised on the Procontract portal, Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Contracts for health services can be awarded through the Provider Selection Regime as well as competitive tender. The Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025, now governs its procurements. Community services are delivered through a partnership the trust leads with HCRG Care Group and Medway Community Healthcare.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in software and information systems, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85100000 · Health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov