Official UK procurement notice
Stop Smoking Services In Herefordshire - Market Engagement RFI
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing Stop Smoking Services in Herefordshire. Please note the Council are issuing this RFI for information seeking purposes and it does not form part of a procurement process.
The contract duration is 2 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years.
The service provision is likely to contain three Lots:
- Lot 1 - Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) pharmacotherapy in pharmacies.
- Lot 2 - Provision of Behavioural Support services to help smokers quit.
- Lot 3 - Provision of Postal-Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
The Council would be interested to hear from any providers who can demonstrate that they could deliver effective pharmacotherapy and behavioural support services in Herefordshire. This includes those able to deliver under Lot 3, particularly providers who can supply Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products via a postal distribution portal, ensuring accessible provision across the county's rural communities.
Interested providers are invited to participate by completing a short questionnaire document (RFI) which will be used for information-gathering purposes and will help the Council understand the current market and guide the final service specification and service design.
CPV: Health and social work services · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 1 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Aug 2025, 11:29 BST
- Authority reference
DN788885- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052374- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056ba2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Aug 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published1 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Latest notice published29 Aug 2025, 11:29 BST
- Tender notice expected12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Herefordshire Council has published this Market Engagement RFI on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal', project reference DN788885. To view the documentation related to this engagement you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity.
Closing date for responses: Friday 12 September 2025 at 12:00
To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Contract starts303 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Aug 2025, 16:05 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Aug 2025, 11:29 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender