Official UK procurement notice
Tender for Stop Smoking Services In Herefordshire
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council is seeking to appoint service providers (pharmacies) for both the Pharmacotherapy and the Stop Smoking Behavioural support services in Herefordshire. The contract duration is 2 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years.
The tender is being carried out using the Competitive Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The appointed service providers will work with Herefordshire community Healthy lifestyle stop Smoking Service to enable healthcare professionals to refer and patients to be referred (directly or indirectly and where they consent) to a pharmacy of their choice to start their smoking cessation treatment, including providing medication and support as required.
The service is divided into 2 Lots:
Lot 1: Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) pharmacotherapy.
Lot 2: Behavioural Stop Smoking Support services.
Contracts will be awarded to multiple successful providers. A provider may apply for and be appointed to more than one Lot.
CPV: Health services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) pharmacotherapy.
Lot #2Behavioural Stop Smoking Support services.
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality: 88
- Social Value: 12
- Price: 0
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 May 2025, 22:20 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2025, 13:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Jun 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN774903- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038587- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051526Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Timeline
6 Jun 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Bids opened6 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jul 2025, 13:28 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST6 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST+10 days · was 6 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Published amendments (2 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 6 Jun 2025 | 16 Jun 2025 | +10 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 6 Jun 2025 | 16 Jun 2025 | +10 d |
Herefordshire Council have taken the decision not to proceed with this procurement because received tenders were deemed as non-compliant and will not be considered further. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice that this provider selection process has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection…
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.