Published date: 25 May 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 June 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

HEREFCC-DN128846-47738455

Published date

25 May 2016

Closing date

23 June 2016

Contract start date

26 June 2016

Contract end date

30 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The purpose of the Tender is to identify suitably qualified organisations to provide high-quality Stop Smoking Services and NHS Health Checks across Herefordshire.

This Any Qualified Provider (AQP) procurement offer is designed to support the development of Stop Smoking Services and NHS Health Checks in Herefordshire. It will provide funding to assist with the identification and proactive management of patients with modifiable risk factors for disease.

Services covered by this AQP procurement have been separated into two Lots:

LOT 1 - Stop Smoking Behavioural Support (general and pregnant smokers)

LOT 2 - NHS Health Checks

LOT 1:

The purpose of the Stop Smoking Service is to reduce the number of smokers by encouraging and supporting smokers to quit the habit and adopt a healthier smoke free lifestyle and encourage provision of an enhanced service to support pregnant smokers to quit.

LOT 2:

The aim of NHS Health Checks is to identify individual risk of vascular disease (heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and certain types of dementia) in the local population aged 40-74, for those not already diagnosed and provide appropriate advice and interventions to reduce or mange that risk.

The contract will run up until the 31st March 2018. Further Tender applications will be accepted up until twelve months from the end of the contract, offering further prospective Tenderers the opportunity to provide a service for the remainder of the contract duration. Please note this is for a PBR (payment by results) contract with no guaranteed contract volumes.


More information

Additional text

This procurement will operate in the same way as a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) and will remain open to new suitably qualified providers until 31st March 2017. The closing date specified in this notice represents the closing date of the first round.


About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial Services Team

Address

Council Offices
Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
UK

Email

procurement@herefordshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk