Contract award · 18 Feb 2025

SCC-DB Smoking Cessation Service Inclusion Health Groups - Most Suitable Provider

Surrey County Council awarded “SCC-DB Smoking Cessation Service Inclusion…” to Alliance for Better Care CIC for £320k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

Value £320k

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Surrey County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£320,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Feb 2025
  2. Published18 Feb 2025Published the same day

Description

The Government has announced their plans to create a Smokefree Generation. To support this Surrey County Council has been awarded an annual grant as part of the £70m available to increase capacity and demand to local Stop Smoking Services. Recommendations from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment on Smoking, Vaping and Tobacco Control, which included the latest data, evidence on service delivery models and engagement with Surrey workforce and residents, has informed this service specification and related outcomes. The services included support the ambitions in Surrey’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy, priority one, supporting people to reach their potential by addressing the wider determinants of health. Ensuring people have a healthy weight and are active and that substance misuse is low, including smoking. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is estimated as £320,000.00 This is a new se…

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