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Darlington Stop Smoking Service

Rehabilitation services
North East (UKC13)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Darlington Borough Council: "Darlington Stop Smoking Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDarlington Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Darlington Borough Council
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Published history for Darlington Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
6.2Bids / Report
57.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 28 active published awards; 28 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDarlington Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
Last source update17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRehabilitation services
Delivery area
North East (UKC13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066c78
What is being bought
This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process. Darlington Borough Council is looking to award a contract for the provision of Darlington Stop Smoking Service.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The description of the service is as follows: 1) Delivery of a Stop Smoking Service within Darlington 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 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 calibration of CO monitors. This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process. The approximate lifetime of the contract is five years and the value of the contract for the existing service is £1,210,916. Existing provider. Additional information: This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 16 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £1,210,916
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Darlington Stop Smoking Service
£1,210,916 · signed 16 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Darlington Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-143723
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 27th March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.