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The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Public Health which presented the outcome of the tender exercise for sexual health services and requested approval to offer a direct award of contracts to provide an interim service for one year, to commence from 1 April 2024, for the provision of the Integrated Sexual Health Service and the Long Acting Reversible Contraception Service.  A copy of the report marked ‘Agenda Item 9’ is filed with these minutes.

RESOLVED:

That the tender outcome be noted, and approval be given to the interim service plans to offer a direct award contract for one year, for the period 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025, to

i. one provider for the continuation of the Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) provision

ii. multiple primary care providers to continue to deliver Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) across Leicestershire and Rutland.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

The Council has a statutory responsibility to provide comprehensive open access sexual health services for the population.

The current contracts for the provision of sexual health services across Leicestershire and Rutland end on 31 March 2024.

A tender process was unsuccessful for the ISHS and LARC lots.  A direct award contract for 12 months will allow for continued provision of a sexual health service whilst a retender process is undertaken.