Long Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care Settings Direct Award B SC230146

Notice summary

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kent:-Community-health-services./H34Q8655UZ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/H34Q8655UZ GO Reference: GO-2025128-PRO-33622886

Opportunity overview

This is a contract notice being issued as part of a Direct Award B under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Kent County Council is procuring the fitting, monitoring, checking and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal implants [SDIs] collectively known as long acting reversible contraception (LARC).1 The Service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC) for the procedures undertaken, or potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the ability to: - achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) as part of a primary care pathway. - have appropriate treatment rooms for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant - ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/??notice-title??/H34Q8655UZ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/H34Q8655UZ If you experience any technical difficulties from accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0800 923 9236 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com.

Lot 1 — Contract lot

This is a contract notice being issued as part of a Direct Award B under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Kent County Council is procuring the fitting, monitoring, checking and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermal implants [SDIs] collectively known as long acting reversible contraception (LARC).1 The Service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who hold valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC) for the procedures undertaken, or potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the ability to: - achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) as part of a primary care pathway. - have appropriate treatment rooms for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRH latest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant - ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their care managed by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the latest standards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/??notice-title??/H34Q8655UZ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/H34Q8655UZ If you experience any technical difficulties from accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0800 923 9236 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/H34Q8655UZ

Contract starts: 6 October 2025

Initial contract ends: 30 November 2025

Contracting authority

Kent County Council Sessions House, Kent, ME14 1XQ, UKJ4, United Kingdom Contact: Nicola Foster Email: nicola.foster@kent.gov.uk Website: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/

Procurement timetable and procedure

Procedure: Restricted procedure

Legal basis: 32014L0024

Submission deadline: 26 November 2026 at 11:59 pm

Submission language: EN

CPV Classification

85323000 — Community health services

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