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Smoking Cessation Workplace Outreach

Wolverhampton City Council

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28 Oct 2026 at 14:06

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Summary of the contracting process

Wolverhampton City Council sought a workplace smoking-cessation outreach service for adult smokers in routine and manual jobs in Wolverhampton. The provider is to recruit staff to deliver structured, evidence-based cessation support in local workplaces, helping employees make quit attempts and sustain healthier lifestyle changes. The service includes information, advice and guidance, self-help tools, behavioural support and other lifestyle interventions. Its purpose is to reduce smoking prevalence and smoking-related illness, disability and premature death, while addressing health inequalities by improving access to support for workers who may be poorly served by conventional services. Delivery should take support to employees at workplace locations and times that fit shift patterns, breaks, working hours and operational constraints. This is a health service.

The buyer invited offers through a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, using a one-stage open process. The stated contract value is £1.5 million. The contract period is 1 March 2027 to 28 February 2030, with possible renewal subject to grant funding being available. Bids were to be submitted electronically by 30 November 2026 at 12 noon; the bid validity period is 180 days. Offers are assessed on quality and innovation (60%), integration, collaboration and service sustainability (20%), improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (10%), and social value (10%). The commercial matrix is assessed pass or fail and carries no scored weighting. The contract is presented as one lot.

This opportunity suits providers able to deliver evidence-based smoking-cessation support to adults in routine and manual occupations, and to recruit and manage staff for outreach in local workplaces. The service requires practical delivery across varied workplace schedules: providers must be able to fit support around shift patterns, breaks, working hours and operational constraints, rather than rely solely on workers attending a fixed service location. Strong bids will need to demonstrate service quality and innovation, collaboration and sustainable delivery, and an approach that improves access, reduces health inequalities and facilitates choice. Social value is also part of the assessment. Providers should be prepared to submit a compliant commercial matrix, which is a pass-or-fail requirement. Offers are assessed on these service and wider-impact criteria.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Smoking Cessation Workplace Outreach

Notice Description

This tender is being run as a Competitive Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable illness and premature death. Employees in routine and manual occupations in Wolverhampton have a significantly higher smoking prevalence, compared to the general population. The aim of this service is to support to successfully quit smoking through a structured, evidence-based cessation programme. The workplace outreach smoking cessation delivery will recruit staff to deliver evidence-based services for adult smokers working in routine and manual occupations to stop smoking. In local workplaces, the service will provide information, advice, and guidance; self-help tools; and lifestyle interventions to enable Service Users to achieve and maintain positive lifestyle changes.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The service will support Wolverhampton's Primary Care Framework 2026/27 (PCF) (formally QOF+) specifically: Reduce the number of smokers in Wolverhampton. The objective is to: o Enable individuals to make changes in their behaviour to achieve a positive impact on their health. o Reduce the number of smokers by providing evidence-based treatment and behavioural support to smokers making quit attempts. o Reduce levels of smoking related illness, disability, premature death and health equalities. o Reduce smoking-related health inequalities by increasing access to stop smoking support among routine and manual workers employed in Wolverhampton businesses. o Provide proactive workplace outreach that takes support to employees at times and locations that fit shift patterns, breaks, working hours and operational constraints. The Key Criteria is a as follows; Quality and Innovation 60% Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability 20% Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 10% Social Value 10% Value 0% (Pass / Fail - receipt of compliant commercial matrix) Offers will be assessed using a one stage 'open' process.

Renewal: Possible renewal subject to available grant funding.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-079281
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102118-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
30 Nov 20264 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Wolverhampton City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode
WV1 1SH
Postcode Area
Wolverhampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG39 Wolverhampton
Delivery Location
TLG39 Wolverhampton
Local Authority
Wolverhampton
Electoral Ward
St Peters
Westminster Constituency
Wolverhampton West

Further Information

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