---
title: "Stop Smoking Service - 2026"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07835c"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "North Tyneside Council"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# Stop Smoking Service - 2026

Buyer: North Tyneside Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07835c

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## Summary

North Tyneside Borough Council commissioned a community-pharmacy stop-smoking service across North Tyneside. The service provides accessible support and advice to people who want to stop smoking, with pharmacological stop-smoking aids supplied where appropriate. Support is to be available through a choice of venues across the borough, delivered in community pharmacies. The requirement is a health service, combining advice and ongoing support with access to relevant medicines. Pharmacy staff also have a role: trained advisers and pharmacists deliver the service, while all pharmacy staff are expected to provide brief advice. This is a borough-wide public health service for suppliers able to organise delivery through community pharmacies and support people trying to quit smoking.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Pharmacy Services North East Ltd through a Provider Selection Regime Option A direct award. The award was published on 8 October 2026. The contract runs from 1 November 2026 to 30 October 2027, with one optional 12-month extension, to 30 October 2028. The stated award value is £380,000, rising to £456,000 including tax; the description says £380,000 applies if the extension is taken. There is one lot, covering the service across North Tyneside. The selection was made by direct award under the Provider Selection Regime, rather than through a competitive tender. The lot was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

For suppliers considering similar community stop-smoking work for North Tyneside, this award demonstrates demand for a borough-wide service delivered through community pharmacies, rather than a single-site provision. A credible provider would need to coordinate a choice of pharmacy venues and ensure trained advisers and pharmacists can deliver support and advice to people seeking to quit. The service also requires access to pharmacological stop-smoking aids where appropriate, and brief advice from pharmacy staff beyond those directly delivering the service. Experience organising consistent delivery across pharmacy settings and maintaining suitably trained staff would therefore be relevant. The procurement used the Provider Selection Regime’s Option A direct-award route; suppliers should factor that route into their understanding of how this particular requirement was placed.

## Notice

This procurement is being supplied under Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Option A Direct Award. The Provider (Pharmacy Services North East Ltd) will manage the delivery of the Stop Smoking Service in Community Pharmacies in North Tyneside. The focus of the Stop Smoking Service is to offer accessible support and advice to people who want to give up smoking and to supply pharmacological stop smoking aids where appropriate in a choice of venues across the borough. The Provider will ensure that the Stop Smoking Service in Community Pharmacies is delivered by trained Advisors and Pharmacists and that all pharmacy staff are able to provide brief advice. Contract period - 1 yr with the option to extend for 1 yr Value - PS380,000 if extension taken

### Procurement Information

Procured using the Provider Selection Regime - Option A Direct Award

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095026-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 30 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £380,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Tyneside Council |
| Locality | NORTH TYNESIDE |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE27 0BY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | North Tyneside |
| Electoral ward | Shiremoor |
| Westminster constituency | Cramlington and Killingworth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 09:46 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095026-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095026-2026
  8th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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