2122-0424 Camden and Islington Community Stop Smoking Service

The requirement

Islington Council wants to procure a service to support residents of Camden and Islington to successfully stop smoking.

The broad aims of the Camden and Islington Community Stop Smoking Service will be to:

• offer a range of support options to smokers who want to quit, tailored to their needs and preferences.
• ensure all smokers who want to stop smoking can access appropriate information, advice and stop smoking medications.
• provide services that are accessible to all groups of the population who may benefit from them, with a specific focus on priority groups.

The high-quality service will work with smokers aged 12 or older, who live, work, study or are registered with a GP in the London Boroughs of Camden or Islington. It will take referrals from a diverse range of sources across both Camden and Islington and be open access for all those eligible. It will need to develop and maintain strong partnerships with local NHS acute and mental health trusts to support treatment of tobacco dependency in line with the NHS Plan, ensuring robust referral pathways into the service. The service will also offer support and training to local GPs and community pharmacists commissioned to deliver stop smoking services through a separate locally commissioned scheme.

The service will need to be available and easily accessible in a variety of settings and venues across the boroughs, use a range of mediums and operate flexible hours to maximise accessibility. The service will provide service users with appropriate stop smoking medications to support their quit attempt in line with clinical guidelines.

The service will operate a website which will provide clear, accessible, evidence-based, up to date information, advice, and motivational tips on stopping smoking and will promote the fact that the service is free.

Lots

The contract will not be divided into lots as a single provider is required to deliver the three tiers as a single service.

TUPE [Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations]

Potential providers must be aware that TUPE may or may not apply to this service. Further details will be available in the invitation to tender.

Contract Period

The contract period will be for 48 months from an estimated start date 1 April 2023 with an option to extend up to a further 24 months.

Contract Value

The maximum fixed combined budget for Camden and Islington is £3,985,800 over the maximum 72 months term of the contract. This is based on a contract value of £664,300 per annum.

There is a maximum fixed budget for this service of £3,985,800. Any bids over this amount will be disqualified.

Award criteria

The contract will be awarded to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations. MEAT for this contract is quality 70% and cost 30%. Further details will be provided in the invitation to tender.

Cost 30%

Quality 70%

Quality made up of:

Proposed approach to social value 20%

Proposed approach to service delivery 20%

Proposed approach to networking and working in partnership with a range of stakeholders 15%

Proposed approach to inequalities and social exclusion 10%

Proposed approach to mobilisation and implementation 5%

Total 100%

Tenderers should be aware that we reserve the right to hold presentations and/or interviews during the tender process. Presentations and/or interviews will be for verification/clarification purposes of the written submission.

We reserve the right to interview leading bidders.

Procurement Process

This contract is over the threshold at which we are required to publish public procurement notices for new procurements to the UK e-notification service, Find a Tender (FTS).

This procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, under Chapter 3 Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services (known as the “light touch” regime). Under Regulation 76 the council is free to establish a procedure, provided the procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers).

The procedure the Council has designed is based on the open procedure but with the option for an element of negotiation (if required). All service providers who successfully express an interest will automatically have access to the tender documents.

Further details will be available in the tender documents.

The council reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the evaluation of initial tenders without negotiation where this offers value for money. The council reserves the right to not award the contract if the received tenders do not offer value for money. Additional information: Contract Period:

The contract period will be for 48 months from an estimated start date 01 April 2023 with option to extend up to a further 24 months.

Contract Value:

The estimated total value of this contract is £3,985,800 over the maximum 72 months term of the contract. This is based on a contract value of £664,000 per annum.

There is a maximum fixed budget for this service of £3,985,800. Any bids over this amount will be disqualified.