CWC26055 – Severe Mental Illness (SMI) Healthy Lifestyle Service

Wolverhampton City Council is seeking a provider to deliver a Healthy Lifestyle Service for adults aged 18 and over living with severe mental illness (SMI).

The service will combine stop-smoking support and weight management, including healthy eating, physical activity and behavioural support. It aims to help individuals maintain a healthy weight, improve their physical health, reduce smoking-related illness and address health inequalities.

The contract will cover Wolverhampton and is intended to provide evidence-based interventions that support individuals to make sustainable changes to their health and lifestyle.

Service Requirements

The service will comprise two key areas:

• Stop Smoking: Providing evidence-based treatment and behavioural support for people making quit attempts or wishing to reduce the harm caused by smoking.
• Weight Management: Delivering support to prevent weight gain, maintain a healthy weight and achieve weight loss through healthier eating, nutrition and physical activity.
• Behavioural Support: Helping individuals develop healthier habits and a more balanced relationship with food and nutrition.
• Physical Activity: Supporting people to become more physically active and make sustainable lifestyle changes.
• Reducing Health Inequalities: Helping to reduce smoking-related illness, disability, premature death and wider health inequalities.

The contract is not divided into separate lots.

The procurement is being conducted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Contract Information

• Buyer: Wolverhampton City Council
• Contract Value: £600,000 excluding VAT
• Initial Contract Duration: 3 years
• Extension Options: None
• Maximum Contract Duration: 3 years
• Tender Submission Deadline: 10 December 2026, 12:00pm
• Enquiry Deadline: Not disclosed
• Tender Opening Date: 10 December 2026, 1:00pm
• Contract Start Date: 1 April 2027
• Contract End Date: 31 March 2030
• Location: Wolverhampton
• Procurement Framework: Provider Selection Regime (PSR)
• Procurement Procedure: One-stage open competitive process
• Contract Type: Services
• Number of Lots: One (not divided into lots)
• Tender Reference: DN834837
• Notice Reference: 2026/S 000-106805

Tender Portal and Documents: Wolverhampton City Council Tender Portal

Tender Notice: Find a Tender

Supplier Requirements

The notice confirms that economic and financial standing will be assessed against selection criteria set out in the procurement documents.

The professional suitability section identifies a competitive procedure but does not specify particular qualifications, professional registrations, accreditations or previous experience requirements.

Further details of the selection criteria, financial requirements and supporting documentation are available through the council’s tender portal.

Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be assessed against the following weighted criteria:

• Quality and Innovation: 45%
• Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 30%
• Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (including EDI): 15%
• Social Value: 10%

Value is assessed on a pass/fail basis, requiring receipt of a compliant commercial matrix. It carries no weighted percentage.

Price is not the only award criterion.

Full evaluation details: Available in the procurement documentation.

Commercial Relevance

This opportunity may be of interest to organisations specialising in smoking cessation, weight management, community health services and supporting people with complex health needs.

The combined requirement for smoking cessation and weight management means providers will need the capability to deliver evidence-based lifestyle interventions, behavioural support and services tailored to adults living with severe mental illness.

With a contract value of £600,000 excluding VAT over three years, the opportunity may suit established health and wellbeing providers, specialist organisations and partnerships with relevant experience in community-based health services.

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