Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council
County Hall
DURHAM
DH15UQ
Contact
Louiza McIntosh
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC14 - Durham CC
Durham County Council
www.durham.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Regional Tobacco Control and Alcohol De-Normalisation Programme
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
To provide a specialised programme to support the effective delivery of a multi-component, evidence based, tobacco control and alcohol de-normalisation programme across the whole North East region.
Provide a common vision, focus and consistency to comprehensive and sustained activity designed to reduce smoking prevalence and alcohol-related harms.
The contract value is estimated for the contract period and extension option.
This is to allow for unknown but potential additional funding (for example from central govt) to be used within this contract delivery. Equally if contract budget were reduced service delivery would be re-scoped accordingly.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £4,000,000 / Highest offer: £4,500,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Across North East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
To provide a specialised programme to support the effective delivery of a multi-component, evidence based, tobacco control and alcohol de-normalisation programme across the whole North East region.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
PCR2015 "32 (2) (b)
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons,
(iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights,
but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Market review has not identified another equivalent organisation.
Key personnel within the delivery organisation are the vital component for the delivery of the service
Service delivery is regionally across north east local authority boundaries.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2017/S 061-114355
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31 January 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Fresh and Balance (Hosted by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust)
Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL3 6HX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £4,500,000
Lowest offer: £4,000,000 / Highest offer: £4,500,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The contract value is estimated for the contract period and extension option.
This is to allow for unknown but potential additional funding (for example from central govt) to be used within this contract delivery. Equally if contract budget were reduced service delivery would be re-scoped accordingly.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England
London
Country
United Kingdom