Provision of External Online Sexual Health Screening Services
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The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, located in Swindon, has completed a procurement process for the "Provision of External Online Sexual Health Screening Services". The tender was finalised on 1st October 2025, transitioning into an active contract with services being delivered by Preventx Limited, a supplier based in Sheffield. The contract, valued at £65,000 (gross amount £78,000), covers services from 3rd October 2025 to 31st March 2026, with potential extensions until March 2027.
Categorised under health services, this procurement involved a direct award method to ensure seamless integration of external online sexual health services with local clinical teams, adhering to UKPGA legal standards. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in health services, particularly those offering online platforms for medical screening and triage systems. SMEs like Preventx Limited, with expertise in seamless online to in-person care transitions and postal STI screening services, are well-positioned to expand their market presence and collaboration with NHS trusts.
The initiative emphasises the importance of collaboration between tech-driven medical service providers and traditional healthcare institutions to enhance community healthcare access and efficiency, enabling businesses to offer innovative solutions that improve patient outcomes.
The service is an online testing platform via (SH.UK & Freetest.me which offers fully integrated self-sampling online sexual health service that allows service users to provide their own clinical support and remote screening for STI's) with good level of embedded local clinical support, including direct links into Trust system and pathways. It is hoped that an online service with postal testing and clinic in a box will:
- Enable asymptomatic service-users and those with mild symptoms to obtain timely and convenient STI screening without having to contact the clinic.
- Be used in conjunction with telephone triage and virtual consultations to streamline low risk asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic individuals so experienced clinicians see the symptomatic, high risk and vulnerable service-users face to face.
- Facilitate access to STI screening and treatment for those who find it difficult to attend sexual health services. The kit requesting system should have a two-step verification process to verify real and unique users. The following are covered;
- A postal STI screening service.
- An online platform integrated with Trust websites, with clinical triage, safeguarding, and eligibility filtering.
- Laboratory analysis through a UKAS-accredited facility, with rapid turnaround and secure communication of results.
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