Contract award · 9 Apr 2025

Specialist Stop Smoking Service

Stockton on Tees Borough Council awarded “Specialist Stop Smoking Service” to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for £565k.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth East

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
Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£564,849
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500)
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Apr 2025
  2. Published10 Apr 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

Provider Selections Regime - Direct Award Process C - Specialist Stop Smoking Service (SSSS) including: 1) Delivery of a SSSS to the population of the Borough: to provide evidence-based smoking cessation service with expert support, including treatments and intensive behavioural advice - specialist service provide support to smokers aged 12 years + and to have independent prescriber(s) to prescribe NICE approved prescription drugs; 2) Training & support to other providers: to provide training and competency support to other stop smoking service providers, e.g. pharmacies, based on the latest evidence; and workforce development to ensure health and social care professionals have the skills and knowledge to provide Very Brief Advice to smokers and encourage smokers to quit; 3) Prescribing, medicines, equipment and data management: to validate the data from other providers e.g. Pharmacy, co-ordination and administration of pharmacological prescription (FP10 & NRT vouchers) and calibratio…

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