Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council, P O Box 3176
BRISTOL
BS3 9FS
UK
Contact person: User Saffron Nicholls
Telephone: +44 0
E-mail: Saffron.Nicholls@bristol.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PEP PH Bristol Specialist Smoking Cessation Service
Reference number: DN752878
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85141000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The ambition of this commissioning exercise is to procure a universal smoking cessation service to deliver comprehensive, person-centred, high-quality smoking cessation interventions and support to Bristol residents. As a key part of a wider tobacco control system and strategy, the service will increase the number of people who are engaging with effective interventions to quit smoking and increase the number of people who successfully quit smoking. In doing so, the service will address the leading cause of health inequalities and work towards reducing these in Bristol.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 562 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The intention is to commission a new smoking cessation service as the current contract ends on 30th June 2025.
The smoking cessation support will be in line with NICE guidance and NCSCT clinical standards of behavioural interventions.
New ‘Smokefree Generation: Stopping the Start’ funding has provided an opportunity to expand existing provision, and we are commissioning a service which will support Bristol to achieve the national smokefree ambition of <5% smoking prevalence.
The service provider will contribute to this by achieving or exceeding OHIDs for new quit dates set for Bristol by 31st March 2029.
We will ensure that our services are providing high quality evidence based smoking cessation interventions to all residents of Bristol whilst ensuring that the principle of proportionate universalism is applied, and health inequalities in smoking harms are reduced.
The service will be embedded throughout services and communities across Bristol and will work in collaboratively with key partners to design bespoke interventions, drop in clinics and referral pathways as required to appropriately support high priority groups. Complete, accurate, and timely data reporting is vital for reporting use of the grant funding to the Department of Health and Social Care as well as progress against targets.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 110-000001
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN752878
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/04/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Solutions 4 Health
Berkshire
UK
NUTS: UKK1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 562 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 17/04/2025. 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.
Written representations should be sent to the review body below.
The award decision makers were a panel of evaluators with specialisms relating to the contract and the service requirements.
Conflict of interest was managed in line with internal guidance and there were no conflicts in the tender process.
The 5 key criteria were assessed within an evaluation criteria of Price - 20%, Quality - 70% and Social Value -10%. A full evaluation criteria appendix was included in the tender documents.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/04/2025