CWC26143 – Community Smoking Cessation Service

Wolverhampton City Council is seeking a provider to deliver a Community Smoking Cessation Service for adults who smoke and live in Wolverhampton or are registered with a GP practice in the city.

The service will provide evidence-based smoking cessation support, including information, advice, self-help tools and lifestyle interventions, helping individuals quit smoking and maintain healthier lifestyles.

Service Requirements

The appointed provider will deliver community-based smoking cessation services aimed at improving public health and reducing smoking-related health inequalities.

The service will:

• Provide evidence-based treatment and behavioural support to adults making attempts to quit smoking.
• Offer information, advice and guidance to help individuals make positive lifestyle changes.
• Provide self-help tools and lifestyle interventions to support smoking cessation.
• Reduce the number of smokers across Wolverhampton.
• Help reduce smoking-related illness, disability and premature death.
• Address health inequalities and improve access to smoking cessation support.

The service will be available to adults who live in Wolverhampton or are registered with a GP practice in the city.

Contract Information

• Buyer: Wolverhampton City Council
• Deadline: 2 December 2026, 12:00pm
• Contract Value: £2,100,000 (excluding VAT)
• Contract Start: 1 April 2027
• Contract End: 31 March 2030
• Contract Duration: 3 years
• Tender Reference: DN834499
• Procedure: Open procedure under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
• Tender Portal: Wolverhampton Tenders
• Contract Renewal: Yes, due to existing contract expiry
• Options: No
• Lots: This contract is not divided into lots.

Supplier Requirements

The opportunity is for providers capable of delivering evidence-based community smoking cessation and behavioural support services.

• Economic and Financial Standing: Selection criteria are detailed in the procurement documents.
• Submission Method: Electronic submissions through the Wolverhampton Tenders portal.
• Submission Language: English.
• Commercial Submission: A compliant commercial matrix must be submitted to achieve a pass.

Further participation conditions and service specifications are available in the procurement documents.

Evaluation Criteria

The published evaluation criteria are:

• Quality and Innovation: 60%
• Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 15%
• Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice (including EDI): 15%
• Social Value: 10%
• Value: 0% (Pass/Fail – receipt of a compliant commercial matrix)

The opportunity will be assessed through a single-stage open process.

Commercial Relevance

This opportunity presents a potential contract for public health providers, smoking cessation specialists and community health organisations with experience in delivering behavioural interventions and evidence-based stop-smoking support. Organisations with expertise in improving health outcomes and addressing health inequalities across local communities may find this contract relevant.

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