Tender

The Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for North Northamptonshire Council

  • North Northamptonshire Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-036004

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0392cf

Published 20 December 2022, 12:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

North Northamptonshire Council

Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road

Kettering

NN16 8TL

Contact

North Northamptonshire Procurement Team

Email

procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF25 - North Northamptonshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.northnorthants.gov.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc/aspx/Home

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc/aspx/Home

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

The Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for North Northamptonshire Council

Reference number

NNC00000332

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33693200 - Nicotine substitutes

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

North Northamptonshire Council seeks a supplier for the provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy as part of the offer of support for people to stop smoking. The North Northamptonshire stop smoking service includes the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to form part of the treatment plan for service users as part of their 12 week treatment programme. These products will only be given to service users who are signed up to the North Northamptonshire stop smoking programme and are engaged with the service for up to 12 weeks and are receiving behavioural intervention with regular contact from a stop smoking advisor. The stop smoking programme intends to support service users to quit smoking entirely. NRT will only be provided to persons over the age of 12 years old.

The Council is appointing multiple providers to a Framework Agreement, in order that they may provide a range of NRT products to enable customer choice. The award of the contract will be for an initial 36 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, making 48 months in total.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £400,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF25 - North Northamptonshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

North Northamptonshire Council seeks a supplier for the provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy as part of the offer of support for people to stop smoking. The North Northamptonshire stop smoking service includes the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to form part of the treatment plan for service users as part of their 12 week treatment programme. These products will only be given to service users who are signed up to the North Northamptonshire stop smoking programme and are engaged with the service for up to 12 weeks and are receiving behavioural intervention with regular contact from a stop smoking advisor. The stop smoking programme intends to support service users to quit smoking entirely. NRT will only be provided to persons over the age of 12 years old.

The Council is appointing multiple providers to a Framework Agreement, in order that they may provide a range of NRT products to enable customer choice. The award of the contract will be for an initial 36 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, making 48 months in total.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 April 2023

End date

31 March 2027

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The award of the contract will be for an initial 36 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, making 48 months in total.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

The contract must be delivered in accordance with the standards set out in the procurement document suite, particularly the Specification, all supporting documents (i.e., annexes, schedules, etc.), and the terms & conditions.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

27 January 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

27 January 2023

Local time

12:01pm

Place

Tenders will be opened electronically as part of a formal opening ceremony within North Northamptonshire Council's e-Procurement portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc/aspx/Home

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure

Members of North Northamptonshire Council's Procurement team.


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

Royal Court of Justice, Strand London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom