Official UK procurement notice
Smoking Cessation, Provision of Prescription only Medication across Bradford District
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is undertaking a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Competitive Process and are inviting a suitably qualified and experienced provider capable of delivering a clinical assessment for adult residents during the initial consultation and then prescribe either varenicline, cytisinicline (cytisine) or bupropion, when clinically appropriate across the Bradford District.
CPV: Community health services · Health services · Services provided by medical personnel
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,761,540
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 40%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 30%
- Value: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
- Value
- Social Value
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 17 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-181-2025-26- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063702- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0561abFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Jul 2025 → 20 Feb 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published17 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Market engagement30 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
The Market Engagement Event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 30th July 2025. Between 12:30pm-02:00pm. Interested providers will need to register and access the YORtender/EU Supply e-tendering platform and send a message via the messaging facility to notify the authority of your intent to attend the event. So those who express an interest through the e-tendering platform will be sent a link to attend the event. uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
- Next notice expected19 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published384 days ago9 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
- Clarification questions by366 days ago27 Oct 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline355 days ago7 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by327 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts315 days ago18 Dec 2025
- Assessment summaries sent265 days ago6 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published259 days ago11 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Standstill ends250 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jul 2025, 17:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2025, 13:01 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active9 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT9 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
- Contract award notice published11 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Contract signature expected27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Care AllianceSME2 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: Partial Year - 25/26: (dependent on contract start date – now likely 1 March 2026) Full Year 1 - 26/27: Full Year 2 - 27/28 Extension Year 3 - 28/29 | £1,761,540 | 4 Feb 2026standstill to 20 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 1 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonBradford Care AllianceSMEVCSE · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bradford Care AllianceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender