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Published 4 Apr 2025, 16:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PEP PH Bristol Specialist Smoking Cessation Service

Official notice

Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£3,562,500published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Apr 2025
Awarded to Solutions 4 Health

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The ambition of this commissioning exercise is to procure a universal smoking cessation service to deliver comprehensive, person-centred, high-quality smoking cessation interventions and support to Bristol residents. As a key part of a wider tobacco control system and strategy, the service will increase the number of people who are engaging with effective interventions to quit smoking and increase the number of people who successfully quit smoking. In doing so, the service will address the leading cause of health inequalities and work towards reducing these in Bristol.

CPV: Services provided by medical personnel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The intention is to commission a new smoking cessation service as the current contract…Awarded

The intention is to commission a new smoking cessation service as the current contract ends on 30th June 2025.

The smoking cessation support will be in line with NICE guidance and NCSCT clinical standards of behavioural interventions.

New ‘Smokefree Generation: Stopping the Start’ funding has provided an opportunity to expand existing provision, and we are commissioning a service which will support Bristol to achieve the national smokefree ambition of <5% smoking prevalence.

The service provider will contribute to this by achieving or exceeding OHIDs for new quit dates set for Bristol by 31st March 2029.

We will ensure that our services are providing high quality evidence based smoking cessation interventions to all residents of Bristol whilst ensuring that the principle of proportionate universalism is applied, and health inequalities in smoking harms are reduced.

The service will be embedded throughout services and communities across Bristol and will work in collaboratively with key partners to design bespoke interventions, drop in clinics and referral pathways as required to appropriately support high priority groups. Complete, accurate, and timely data reporting is vital for reporting use of the grant funding to the Department of Health and Social Care as well as progress against targets.

Delivery: South West

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Apr 2025, 16:43 BST
Last source update
4 Apr 2025, 16:43 BST
Authority reference
DN752878
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013224
Classification (CPV)
Services provided by medical personnel
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fda7 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 17/04/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent to the review body below. The award decision makers were a panel of evaluators with specialisms relating to the contract and the service requirements. Conflict of interest was managed in line with internal guidance and there were no conflicts in the tender process. The 5 key criteria were assessed within an evaluation criteria of Price - 20%, Quality - 70% and Social Value -10%. A full evaluation criteria appendix was included in the tender documents.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,562,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Solutions 4 Health£3,562,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 013224-2025-DN752878-1 · Solutions 4 Health

    Signed
    4 Apr 2025
    Value
    £3,562,500
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bristol City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Bristol City Council, P O Box 3176, BRISTOL, South West, BS3 9FSContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.