Primary Care Vasectomy Services

Concepts

• telford
• surgical specialist
• primary care vasectomy services
• health care services
• primary care
• secondary care
• wrekin integrated care board
• vasectomy services
• the health care services
• the health care services (provider selection regime) regulations

Location

Telford and Wrekin: County of Shropshire

Description

This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Procurement relates to the provision of Primary Care Vasectomy Services.

Total Quantity or Scope

This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Vasectomy services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin are provided within two settings: Primary Care and Acute. This award covers the Primary Care contracts only, the provision of Primary Care Vasectomy Services. NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (NHS STW) currently holds contracts with the following GP Practices for this service and anticipates no change to the current service provision: - Marysville Medical Practice - Shifnal and Priorslee Medical Practice - Stirchley Medical Practice This contracts covers the full vasectomy pathway including: - Pre-counselling - Procedure - Post-counselling and sample test For the procedure there are two options locally: - General surgery where general anaesthetic is necessary or requested, (patients who require a general anaesthetic are referred to secondary care), - Procedure under local anaesthetic (undertaken in primary care). NHS STW is satisfied that the requirements for the provision of health care services are not changing considerably, i.e., they don't meet the considerable change threshold as set out in Regulation 6(10). The intention is to award a contract to: - Marysville Medical Practice - Shifnal and Priorslee Medical Practice - Stirchley Medical Practice The existing providers, via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 9, Direct Award C. The contract period shall be for a period 36-months from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028. The estimated budget value is £600,000.00, which will be split between the 3 providers based on volume of procedures.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121300 - Surgical specialist services
• 85121000 - Medical practice services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 26/05/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 26/05/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representation can be sent to: stw.stw.cmt@nhs.net NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board Wellington Civic Offices, Larkin Way Tan Bank Wellington Telford TF1 1LX Details of the award decision makers: NHS STW ICB Commissioning Working Group on 19/03/2025. Details of declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: There were no conflicts of interest noted. Relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: Equal weighting and prioritisation was given to each of the key criteria as all key criteria are deemed to be of equal importance when considering the direct award. Based on the key criteria the provider was deemed to be delivering the service to a satisfactory standard and would likely continue to deliver the service to a satisfactory standard during the period covered for this award.