Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant - Specialist Provision

Concepts

• health and social work
• croydon
• community outreach services
• existing tobacco dependency services
• a smoking cessation service
• smoking
• smoking prevalence
• more support
• croydon’s current smoking cessation provision
• the live well service

Location

Description

Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of multiple health inequalities, particularly relevant in Croydon. Smoking prevalence is higher in certain priority group populations: Homeless Alcohol and drug misuse Severe mental illness These priority group populations are underserved, with studies finding that rather than being less motivated to quit smoking, individuals in these populations find it more difficult and require more support. These groups are excluded from Croydon’s current smoking cessation provision delivered via the Live Well service. The current evidence base, NICE guidelines and learning from existing tobacco dependency services treating people with complex needs shows that to best support the needs of these populations, a specialist service should be commissioned The council is looking to commission a provider to deliver a smoking cessation service for underserved priority groups: Severe Mental Illness, Homeless, Substance Misuse. The service would

Total Quantity or Scope

The council is publishing this intention to award notice to award a contract to deliver a smoking cessation service for underserved priority groups: Severe Mental Illness, Homeless, Substance Misuse. The service is located in Croydon, as well providing community outreach services within the borough.This contract is being awarded following a procurement process using the 'Most Suitable Provider' process in line with the Provider Selection Regime 2023.This is a new service to be provided by a new provider.The estimated lifetime value of this contract is £1,292,164.55 over a term of 4 years and 3 months.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on the 20th December 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on the 20th December 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.Written representations should be sent to procurement@croydon.gov.ukThe decision to award this contract was made by the Interim Assistant Chief Executive Officer for the London Borough of Croydon. There were no Conflicts or Potential conflicts of interest identified during this procurement. The relative importance of the 5 key criteria was as followed:Key Criteria 1: Quality and Innovation - 25%Key Criteria 2: Value - 15%Key Criteria 3: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 25%Key Criteria 4: Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 25%Key Criteria 5: Social Value - 10%The importance for each criteria was decided upon in relation to the nature of the service and the outcomes that the service is required to deliver.Each supplier who expressed an interested in this opportunity was evaluated by a panel of evaluators and a consensus score agreed for each criteria based on information provided by each supplier. An evaluation methodology was used and was described to each participant in advance. The supplier who achieved the highest weighted score overall has been identified as the preferred supplier and it is our intention to award to this supplier.