---
title: "SOL Supply of E-cigarettes 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f8f1"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# SOL Supply of E-cigarettes 2025

Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f8f1

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## Summary

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council awarded a goods contract for the supply of e-cigarettes for its Stop Smoking Service. The products are intended to support stop-smoking quit aids, pharmacotherapy and behaviour change. This requirement sits within the broader area of health and social care, with delivery and use centred on Solihull. The buying organisation is Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, a local authority. The supply is therefore relevant to manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and procurement intermediaries able to provide e-cigarettes for a public stop-smoking programme and to support the council’s service delivery. The requirement concerns product supply rather than the direct provision of smoking-cessation counselling or clinical services.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council signed the contract on 21 March 2025, following an award dated 14 September 2026 in the published process record. The contract runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2029, for four years, with a value of up to £160,000 including the stated contract ceiling. The council used a limited procedure: an award without prior publication of a competition, through the Crown Commercial Service RM6202 Tail End Spend framework. The stated rationale was that the procurement fell outside the relevant directive’s scope. Price was the award criterion. Unite Procurement UK was the selected supplier, and one bid was recorded.

This award demonstrates a recurring public-sector requirement for e-cigarettes to support a local authority stop-smoking service, at a scale suited to an established specialist supplier rather than a major infrastructure provider. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need dependable access to compliant e-cigarette products, reliable fulfilment and distribution, and the operational capacity to supply a council-run health programme consistently. Experience supplying public bodies, understanding framework purchasing routes and being able to work within public-sector order, invoicing and contract-management processes would strengthen a future proposition. The selected supplier was recorded as an SME, indicating that this type of requirement can be delivered by a focused small or medium-sized procurement or supply business. Product quality, continuity of supply and clear evidence of value on price would be central to competing effectively.

## Notice

Solihull has awarded a contract for the supply of E-cigarettes as part of the stop smoking quit aids.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Solihull has awarded a contract for the supply of E-cigarettes as part of the stop smoking quit aids to support pharmacotherapy and behaviour change and Solihull's Stop Smoking Service. This is a below threshold awarded without competition via framework. Start date: 1 April 2025 End date: 31 March 2029 Contract period: 4 years Contract value: Up to PS160,000

### Procurement Information

Award without competition via Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6202 Tail End Spend.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086786-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £160,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | SOLIHULL |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Unite Procurement UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 11:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086786-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.solihull.gov.uk

## Provenance

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