Published date: 17 November 2021

Last edited date: 22 September 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 26 October 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

TOWER001-DN582525-66565683

Published date

17 November 2021

Closing date

26 October 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Council) is looking to commission a Tobacco Cessation Service (anticipated to commence on 1st April 2023). The key objectives of the service are to:

• Reduce the number of local tobacco users in Tower Hamlets, especially amongst priority groups
• Reduce smoking prevalence, smoking-attributable morbidity and mortality in Tower Hamlets
• Prevent uptake and promote quitting
• Deliver services in line with best practice recommendations (NICE NG209)
Provide a high-quality, accessible, culturally tailored, effective and comprehensive tobacco
cessation service
• Prevent smoking uptake and promote quitting via social marketing campaigns and local
workforce development
• Achieve Corporate's quit targets (minimum target: 1,275, desirable target: 1,500), reducing
the number of local smokers in Tower Hamlets, especially among priority groups (Inc.
BAMEs, pregnant women, mental health/severe mental illness, COPD, young people,
LGBTQ+, substance misuse issues, routine and manual workers) with intensive support
• Work with a network of sub-contractors (community pharmacies required) to ensure
equitable access, and strengthen partnership working with primary and secondary care to
establish effective care pathways for local smokers

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

HAC5800 Tower Hamlets Tobacco Cessation Service

  • Early engagement
  • Published 17 November 2021, last edited 24 May 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Michel Ngue-Awane

Address

Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2073644015

Email

procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Website

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk