Awarded· 5 May 2025
Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board · Stafford, West Midlands
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 6 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:27
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. It was awarded on 5 May 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 6 June 2025. The notice number is 030674-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0544a7.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for the provision of Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services, classified under CPV code 85121210 for gynaecologic or obstetric services. This contract, valued at £0.01 with an indicative total cost of £5,140,000 over two years, will span from 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2027, with an option to extend until 30th June 2029.
The contracting process followed the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations 2023, employing a 'Direct Award Process B' without prior competition due to regulatory allowances. The services will be delivered across UK regions UKG23 and UKG24, focusing on offering comprehensive care, including assessment, counselling, and contraceptive advice.
The project was overseen by decision-makers from the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Finance and Planning Committee, with no conflicts of interest reported. Suitable bidders would include large-scale health service providers like BPAS and MSI Reproductive Choices, who have been newly contracted for this project.
These services support comprehensive patient care and offer the potential for providers to enhance their service offerings and capture a segment of the reproductive health market within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The notice in full
The aim of the service is to provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortion. The Service will offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.
The services will be delivered in line with current legislation (I.e. Abortion Act). The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraception, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure.
Contracts awarded to eligible Providers to deliver NHS Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPS) following the 'Direct Award Process B' as set out in the Health Care Services [Provider Selection Regime (PSR)] Regulations 2023. "Direct Award Process B" means the process set out in regulation 8 for the award of a contract without a competition. There are local prices in place for some of the services delivered.
Surgical terminations will be paid at national NHS Payment Scheme prices. The indicative contract term is from 01/07/2025 to 30/06/2027, with an option to extend for two years until 30/06/2029. The contract is for an existing service, however BPAS and MSI are a new provider for SSOT ICB
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The aim of the service is to provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortion. The Service will offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.
The services will be delivered in line with current legislation (I.e. Abortion Act). The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraception, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure.
Contracts awarded to eligible Providers to deliver NHS Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPS) following the 'Direct Award Process B' as set out in the Health Care Services [Provider Selection Regime (PSR)] Regulations 2023. "Direct Award Process B" means the process set out in regulation 8 for the award of a contract without a competition. There are local prices in place for some of the services delivered.
Surgical terminations will be paid at national NHS Payment Scheme prices. The indicative contract term is from 01/07/2025 to 30/06/2027, with an option to extend for two years until 30/06/2029.
The contract is for an existing service, however BPAS and MSI are a new provider for SSOT ICB Additional information: The service is not subject to legal right to choose however the ICB has made a decision to offer patients a choice of provider.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Number of suppliers
- 3
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 030674-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0544a7
- CPV code
- 85121210 - Gyneacologic or obstetric services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST18 0BF
- Electoral ward
- Milwich
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Delivery area
- Stoke-on-Trent, TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Emma Hardman
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services
Who won the Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
Who is the buyer for Termination of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Services?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board, based in Stafford, West Midlands. The named contact is Emma Hardman.
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