Official UK procurement notice
Provision of stop smoking medication
Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF24)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 5 Jan 2026no call for competition
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe assessment, prescription, delivery and follow up for the provision of stop smoking medication for the Council's stop smoking service.
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Published description of the framework
The price is fixed for the short term arrangement, other than postal charges that are determined outside the contract. The contract allows the Council to award the call-off contract to the supplier.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Mar 2026, 13:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2026, 13:38 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019475- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066214Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published4 Mar 2026, 13:38 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jan 2026
1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Stop Smoking Medication Service
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2026
- Value
- £242,000
- Period
- 5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2027
- Status
- active
4 agreed KPIs: Number of people referred for Cytisine · Number of people given Cytisine · Number of people referred for Varenicline …
- Number of people referred for Cytisine
- Number of people given Cytisine
- Number of people referred for Varenicline
- Number of people given Varenicline
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Direct Supply Solutions LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender