--- title: "CWC26143 - Community Smoking Cessation Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Wolverhampton City Council" published: "2026-10-30" --- # CWC26143 - Community Smoking Cessation Service Buyer: Wolverhampton City Council Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794a8.json) ## Summary Wolverhampton City Council is procuring a community smoking cessation service for adult smokers who live in Wolverhampton or are registered with a Wolverhampton GP practice. The service is intended to help people stop smoking and maintain healthier lifestyles, while reducing smoking-related illness, disability, premature death and health inequalities. It will provide evidence-based treatment and behavioural support for people making quit attempts, alongside information, advice, guidance, self-help tools and wider lifestyle interventions. The work is community health and smoking cessation service provision, delivered in Wolverhampton. The council invited offers through a one-stage open competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The submission deadline set was 2 December 2026 at 12:00 UTC. The planned contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030. The estimated contract value is £2.1 million. Offers are assessed on quality and innovation (60%), integration, collaboration and service sustainability (15%), improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice, including equality, diversity and inclusion (15%), and social value (10%). A compliant commercial matrix is a pass/fail requirement, with value weighted at 0%. The service has a renewal provision linked to the existing contract expiry. This opportunity suits providers able to deliver community-based smoking cessation support for adults, combining evidence-based treatment with behavioural support for quit attempts. Suppliers should be equipped to offer accessible information, advice and guidance, self-help resources and lifestyle interventions that help service users make and sustain positive changes. The assessment places most emphasis on service quality and innovation, so bids should demonstrate how the proposed model supports effective outcomes. Strong integration and collaboration with relevant partners, sustainable service delivery, and practical approaches to improving access and reducing health inequalities are also central. Providers should show how they will facilitate choice and address equality, diversity and inclusion, while setting out credible social value commitments. No particular accreditation or named professional qualification is stated. ## Notice This tender is being run as a Competitive Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The community smoking cessation service will deliver evidence-based services for adult smokers who live or are registered with a GP practice in Wolverhampton. In the community, 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 aim of this service is to: *Enable individuals to make changes in their behaviour to achieve a positive impact on their health. *Reduce the number of smokers by providing evidence-based treatment and behavioural support to smokers making quit attempts. *Reduce levels of smoking related illness, disability, premature death and health equalities. The Key Criteria is a as follows; Quality and Innovation 60% Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability 15% Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (inc. EDI) 15% Social Value 10% Value 0% (Pass / Fail - receipt of compliant commercial matrix) Offers will be assessed using a one stage 'open' process. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Renewal: Existing contract expiry ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103212-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | 2 Dec 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Wolverhampton City Council | | Locality | WOLVERHAMPTON | | Postcode area | Wolverhampton | | Postcode | WV1 1SH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG39 Wolverhampton | | Local authority | Wolverhampton | | Electoral ward | St Peters | | Westminster constituency | Wolverhampton West | | Delivery location | TLG39 Wolverhampton | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 30 Oct 2026 at 13:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103212-2026 ## Notice URLs - http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk - http://www.wolverhamptontenders.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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