Smoking Cessation Service in SMEs

Overview

This Procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 using the competitive process (regulations 6(7) & 11). This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable illness and premature death. Employees in routine and manual occupations in Wolverhampton have a significantly higher smoking prevalence, compared to the general population. The aim of this service is to support employees within SMEs in Wolverhampton to successfully quit smoking through a structured, evidence-based cessation programme. Delivering targeted smoking cessation support directly within Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) settings provides an opportunity to: • Reduce health inequalities • Improve workforce health and productivity • Decrease sickness absence • Support organisational wellbeing cultures •This service aims to provide an accessible, proactive, and engaging smoking cessation intervention tailored to SME environments. This tender is split into 4 lots as follows: • Lot 1 - Blakenhall • Lot 2 - Pendeford • Lot 3 - Wednesfield • Lot 4 - Bilston Each lot is valued at £30,000. This is a new service with new providers. The contract award criteria were specified in the procurement documents. 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23rd November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. If you wish to make representations regarding this decision, these must be submitted in writing no later than Monday 23rd November 2026. Representations should be sent to Corporate.Procurement@Wolverhampton.gov.uk. The decision to award the contract was made by the following individuals acting on behalf of City of Wolverhampton Council: Principal Public Health Specialist Senior Public Health Specialist Health Improvement Officer Head of Service - Public Health (Adults) All decision-makers were appropriately authorised in accordance with the Authority's governance and delegation arrangements. Prior to undertaking the evaluation and award decision, all individuals involved in the process were required to declare any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest. No actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest were declared by any individual involved in the evaluation or award decision process. In making its decision, the Authority considered the key criteria set out within the Provider Selection Regime and the procurement documentation. The relative importance of the criteria was as follows: Quality & Innovation - 25% Value - 30% Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 30% Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating Choice - 5% Social Value - 10% The weighting applied to each criterion reflected the Authority's assessment of those factors most critical to the successful delivery of the service and the achievement of the desired outcomes for service users. Following evaluation, all successful providers (named in this notice) were selected as the preferred providers as they achieved the highest overall score and demonstrated the most advantageous tenders.