Official UK procurement notice
Smoking Cessation Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxfordshire County Council has invited tenders using the competitive process in accordance with Regulation 11 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR) to provide a smoking cessation service. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this procurement or this award.
This is a notice confirming that the award follows a competition under the Competitive Process in accordance with Regulation 11 and this notice provides the information required in Schedule 11 PSR.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,847,750
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 & Innovation: 20%
- Value: 20%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 36%
- Social Value: 16%
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 8%
Published award criteria (5)
- Value: 20
- Quality & Innovation: 20
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 8
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 36
- Social Value: 16
- Suitability
Suitability to pursue the professional activity will be assessed as part of the Basic Selection Criteria and following the format laid out in the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). This information will be checked as part of due diligence prior to contract award. For full details, please refer to the tender documents.
- Economic & financial standing
Economic and financial standing will be assessed as part of the Basic Selection Criteria and following the format laid out in the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). This information will be checked as part of due diligence prior to contract award. For full details, please refer to the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical and professional ability will be assessed as part of the Basic Selection Criteria and following the format laid out in the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). This information will be checked as part of due diligence prior to contract award. For full details, please refer to the tender documents.
- Price carries 56 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Dec 2024, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2025, 16:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN754586- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033441- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c5d6Find a Tender
Publisher note: The award decision maker for this procurement process was Ansaf Azhar - Director of Public Health and Communities. The key criteria used for this procurement is as follows: 1.Quality and Innovation 20% 2. Improving access, reducing inequalities and facilitating choice 36% 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 8% 4. Value 20% 5. Social Value 16% All bids were assessed against the above key criteria by a tender evaluation panel. The chosen provider scored highest following the evaluation and a recommendation was made to the Director of Public Health and Communities, Ansaf Azhar to award the contract to Solutions 4 Health Ltd. This recommendation was approved. There was one potential conflict of interest recorded in relation to this procurement. A Commissioner who is a member of the evaluation panel received a Christmas food hamper from a tenderer during the tender response period. The potential conflict was managed by donating the hamper to a local food bank. The tenderer concerned is not the tenderer to whom the Council has awarded the contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Jan 2025, 10:20 GMT
Timeline
27 Jan 2025 → 18 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline27 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Jan 2025, 10:20 GMT
- Notice published18 Jun 2025, 16:03 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Apr 2025, 16:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions 4 HealthSME | £5,730,796 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Solutions 4 HealthSME | £5,730,796 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033441-2025-1 · Solutions 4 HealthSME
- Signed
- 3 Jun 2025
- Value
- £5,730,796
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Contract 015368-2025-1 · Solutions 4 HealthSME
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- £5,730,796
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Independent Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Solutions 4 Health LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.