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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £545,200
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 012521-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published2 Apr 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Southampton City Council is commissioning an Outpatient Tobacco Dependency Service for Southampton. University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is currently providing an inpatient tobacco dependency cessation offer to all patients. The work to address tobacco dependency commenced with the implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) and sought to improve the tobacco dependency pathway for inpatients. This service, referred to as the Outpatient Tobacco Dependency Service (OTDS), will engage with people, identified as tobacco dependent and referred to them by the Inpatient Tobacco Dependency Team. The service will provide patients with behavioural support to set a quit date (SAQD) and access to stop smoking aids, such as Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) once discharged. This will also include support for outpatients attending the Targeted Lung Health Check Programme (TLHC). This approach is funded by SCC Public Health team and ensures support to individuals, in combination with the LTP an…
About the supplier
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.