Online Sexual Health Services
Awarded to Better 2 Know Limited, Anne's Day LTD, Better 2 Know Limited +4 more
NHS Shared Business Services Limited(buyer)
- Published
- Published 3 March 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 14 April 2025
Tender documents
Skim pulls every file the buyer attaches to this process and extracts the requirements from it.
Documents as they publish
Specification, evaluation criteria, pricing schedules and every requirement — extracted, searchable and mapped to your response.
Overview
Contracting authority
2 live opportunities · 12 awarded contracts
Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
GB-COH: 05280446
Authority website ↗
Find the key decision makers
The people who scope, score and sign this contract — names, roles and how to reach them.
Lots (3)
Online STI Testing and Treatment
This lot is for the provision of an online STI testing and treatment service for the following STIs (including Pathology): HIV Hep B Hep C Syphilis Gonorrhoea Chlamydia Core services include, but are not limited to: Online Service User Interface Triaging of Service Users Pathology/Laboratory Services Managing reactive results / arranging confirmatory testing - e.g. for Syphilis and HIV Results notification Referral / signposting of Service Users with a positive / reactive result Remote prescribing of treatment - e.g. treatment for uncomplicated chlamydia Contact tracing / partner notification Data collection and reporting Clinicians are also provided as part of the overall managed service to evaluate results online, prescribe treatment for identified STIs and to refer Service Users to follow up services if required. This notice is an intention to conclude a framework agreement using the competitive process. The approximate lifetime value of the Framework is £95,000,000. All relevant authorities in England and Wales are eligible to call off services under this resulting framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is 4 years from commencement date. This is for new services or as a compliant route to market for existing services. Additional information: Under the Provider Selection Regime, the Authority reserves the right to reopen the competition to new bidders at any time throughout the lifecycle of this Framework. Reopening will be advertised as required under PSR legislation and conducted via our sourcing portal using the same evaluation criteria for all bidder submissions.
Won by Anne's Day LTDWon by British Pregnancy Advisory Service BPASWon by Better 2 Know LimitedWon by Preventx LimitedWon by Randox Health London LimitedWon by SH:24 CICOnline Contraception
This lot is for the provision of online routine and emergency contraception, including pregnancy tests. Core services include, but are not limited to: remote assessment (based on criteria such as age and postcode of residence etc). prescribing of routine and emergency hormonal contraception. arranging for the dispensing and supply of medication. Products/Services to be supplied under this lot include, but are not limited to: Routine Contraception: Progestogen-only contraceptive pill Combined contraceptive pills Contraceptive patch Self-administered contraceptive injection Emergency Hormonal Contraception: Levonorgestrel Ulipristal acetate Additional Services: Pregnancy Testing - provided by post or collection from a pharmacy along with Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC). This must include accompanying advice on how and when to use, so the Service User can rule out EHC failure or pregnancy. Online condom distribution schemes (C-card) Any STI tests that maybe required as part of the overall service delivery in Lot 2 can be provided by the awarded Suppliers in this lot or can be sourced directly from the awarded Suppliers in Lot 1. This notice is an intention to conclude a framework agreement using the competitive process. The approximate lifetime value of the Framework is £95,000,000. All relevant authorities in England and Wales are eligible to call off services under this resulting framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is 4 years from commencement date. This is for new services or as a compliant route to market for existing services. Additional information: Under the Provider Selection Regime, the Authority reserves the right to reopen the competition to new bidders at any time throughout the lifecycle of this Framework. Reopening will be advertised as required under PSR legislation and conducted via our sourcing portal using the same evaluation criteria for all bidder submissions.
Won by Better 2 Know LimitedWon by Preventx LimitedWon by SH:24 CICOnline PrEP and PEP
his lot will support Approved Organisations in their aim to move away from face-to-face treatment in Level 3 Clinics and towards an online service for accessing PrEP and PEP. The lot will provide Service Users with access to preventative medication for HIV and STIs, as well as medication to be taken in the event of exposure. This lot is for the provision of online access to Exposure Prophylaxis including, but not limited to: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Doxy Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (DPrEP) Doxy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (DPEP) Services provided under this lot include but are not limited to: Outsourcing of the entire service (if required) to include: Online assessment for eligibility Clinical assessment Prescription and supply the medication Delivery/collection Ongoing monitoring (quarterly test for HIV and STIs plus annual kidney function test). This notice is an intention to conclude a framework agreement using the competitive process. The approximate lifetime value of the Framework is £95,000,000. All relevant authorities in England and Wales are eligible to call off services under this resulting framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is 4 years from commencement date. This is for new services or as a compliant route to market for existing services. Additional information: Under the Provider Selection Regime, the Authority reserves the right to reopen the competition to new bidders at any time throughout the lifecycle of this Framework. Reopening will be advertised as required under PSR legislation and conducted via our sourcing portal using the same evaluation criteria for all bidder submissions.
Won by Preventx LimitedWon by SH:24 CIC
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £95,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- Contract type
- Framework agreement
- Published
- 3 March 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £285,000,000
- Award date
- 10 August 2025
- Contract period
- — → 20 July 2029
- Against estimate
- 200% above
- Bids received
- 7
- Better 2 Know Limited
- Anne's Day LTD
- Better 2 Know Limited
- SH:24 CIC
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service BPAS
- Preventx Limited
- Randox Health London Limited
This contract ends on 20 July 2029.
Contract ending soon? Skim tracks incumbents and flags recompetes early. Start for Free to set up alerts.
Competition and scoring
Bids received
7
Open and restricted tenders in Health and social work services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 15% · Quality 85%
- PSR Key Criterion 1 - Quality and Innovation40%
- PSR Key Criterion 3 - Integration collaboration, and service sustainability25%
- PSR Key Criterion 4 - Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice10%
- PSR Key Criterion 5 - Social Value10%
- Price15%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Health and social work services
£186,100
Median of 14,539 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 1531.4× the median.
NHS Shared Business Services Limited in the last 12 months
5
contracts awarded, worth £7,638,080,856 in total
Recent awards in Health and social work services
The latest contracts other buyers awarded under the same classification.
- Post-Deployment Monitoring of Diagnostic Imaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the NHS
NHS England, won by The Royal College of Radiologists
£190k · 11 November 2026
- Speech and Language Therapist and Occupational Therapist Contract
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, won by Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
£1.3m · 11 November 2026
- National Clinical Audit of Psychosis
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd, won by Royal College of Psychiatrists
£7.4m · 10 November 2026
- Sussex Recovery College VCSE Support
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, won by Southdown Housing Association
£840k · 9 November 2026
Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Tender Update
25 September 2025
Contract
1 September 2025
Tender Update
27 March 2025
Contract Notice
3 March 2025
More from NHS Shared Business Services Limited
Other contracts from the same contracting authority. 2 live opportunities · 12 awarded contracts on their hub.
Public Sector Construction Consultancy
Deadline 1 March 2027
Public Sector Construction Works 2
Deadline 1 March 2027
Hard Facilities Management 3
Won by A COPELAND GROUP LIMITED
Awarded 24 August 2026
Get the full picture
AI analysis, bid scoring, and expert strategy for this tender
Skim analyses every tender against your company profile and tells you whether to bid, how to win, and who you are up against.
How to win this tender
Skim reads the notice and every document attached to it, scores the fit against your company profile for a clear bid or no-bid call, then drafts each answer from your own evidence and past bids. You review, refine and submit — on time, with every requirement covered.
See exactly how Skim’s agents do this →
Comparing platforms? Skim is set against the alternatives for pre-tender intelligence, tender management software and bid management software.
Find tenders like this before your competitors do.
Skim scans every portal daily and scores each tender against your profile. Start for free and see the tenders you are missing.