Scope
Description
This contract is for the provision of a Stop Smoking Service for County Durham.The County Durham Sustainable Community Strategy identifies smoking as the main cause of preventable morbidity and premature death and the primary reason for the gap in healthy life expectancy between rich and poor. Reducing smoking is therefore seen as the most important step in narrowing the gap between life expectancy in County Durham and England as a whole.
The Stop Smoking Service function consists of two elements:
i) Programme management of the service, including recruitment and performance of level 2 stop smoking service providers.
ii) Direct provision of stop smoking service by specialist stop smoking advisors to key target groups.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2032
- 6 years
Main category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
1 January 2026
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Special regime
Light touch
Above or below total value threshold
Above or equal to threshold
Contracting authority
Durham County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMPB-8772-VYWM
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Durham
DH1 5WB
United Kingdom
Email: corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk
Website: http://www.durham.gov.uk/
Region: UKC14 - Durham CC
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government