--- title: "SOL - Solihull Specialist Stop Smoking Service - Market Engagement Event and Questionnaire 2024" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SOLIHULL MBC" published: "2024-02-22" --- # SOL - Solihull Specialist Stop Smoking Service - Market Engagement Event and Questionnaire 2024 Buyer: SOLIHULL MBC Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043c4d.json) ## Summary The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is planning a procurement process for the Solihull Specialist Stop Smoking Service in 2024. The service aims to reduce smoking rates across the borough and align with the national Smokefree 2030 objective. The procurement will be conducted through an open competitive process with a market engagement event scheduled for Monday 18th March. The total contract value is £2,549,900. Solihull MBC is the buyer organisation, and the industry category is health and social work services. This tender for the smoking cessation service presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with Solihull MBC. Organisations interested in contributing to reducing smoking-related harms can participate in the provider selection regime. The procurement stage is currently planned, with a future notice date of 3rd April 2024. Businesses offering stop smoking interventions, digital applications, and nicotine replacement products may find opportunities to grow their business by catering to the requirements outlined in the tender. ## Notice This is not a call for competition.Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council are seeking to commission a specialist smoking cessation service for the borough in 2024/25. The purpose of the service is to actively reduce smoking rates across the borough and contribute to the national Smokefree 2030 objective.Procurement of the new service will be through an open competitive process (Provider Selection Regime). However, as this is a significantly different model to our existing provision, we want to allow adequate time and space for discussions with interested parties. This exercise is aiming to reach out to organisations who are interested in working with us to reduce the harms caused by smoking. As part of this exercise, we are inviting interested parties to complete and return the short questionnaire. This will be followed up by an online market engagement session on Monday 18th March at 1-2.30pm , which will provide an opportunity for more in-depth discussion. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Utilising the Public Health Grant, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) commission community smoking cessation services within the portfolio of our prevention services offer to improve health. All health and social care services play a key role in identifying smokers and referring people to stop smoking services; to maximise referral opportunities. The current smoking services comprises of : -Trained practitioners delivering stop smoking interventions. -Bespoke smoking digital application -Several individual Primary Care and Community Pharmacies to provide nicotine replacement products. -Pharmacotherapy and a database directly commissioned by Public Health On 4 October 2023, the government published Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation. This included a programme of funding to support current smokers to quit smoking, with PS70 million additional funding nationally per year for local stop smoking services and support. This increases existing funding through the public health grant for smoking cessation services. Local stop smoking services and support: guidance for local authorities - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .Please refer to market engagement , and future tender documents which will published with the contract notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005880-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Feb 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Apr 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,549,900 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SOLIHULL MBC | | Locality | SOLIHULL | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B91 3QB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull | | Local authority | Solihull | | Electoral ward | St Alphege | | Westminster constituency | Solihull West and Shirley | | Delivery location | TLG32 Solihull | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 22 Feb 2024 at 18:13 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005880-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/ - http://www.solihull.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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