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Darlington Stop Smoking Service

Darlington Borough Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 18:42.

Opportunity overview

This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process. Darlington Borough Council is looking to award a contract for the provision of Darlington Stop Smoking Service.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV85312500 — Rehabilitation services

Lots

  • The description of the service is as follows: 1) Delivery of a Stop Smoking Service within Darlington to the population of the Borough: to provide evidence-based smoking cessation service with expert support, including treatments and intensive behavioural advice - specialist service provide support to smokers and to have independent prescriber(s) to prescribe NICE approved prescription drugs; 2) Training & support to other providers: to provide training and competency support to other stop smoking service providers, e.g. pharmacies, based on the latest evidence; and workforce development to ensure health and social care professionals have the skills and knowledge to provide Very Brief Advice to smokers and encourage smokers to quit; 3) Prescribing, medicines, equipment and data management: to validate the data from other providers e.g. Pharmacy, co-ordination and administration of pharmacological prescription (FP10 & NRT vouchers) and calibration of CO monitors. This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process. The approximate lifetime of the contract is five years and the value of the contract for the existing service is £1,210,916. Existing provider. Additional information: This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PB2026-00320
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 27th March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85312500
Description
Rehabilitation services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
The description of the service is as follows: 1) Delivery of a Stop Smoking Service within Darlington to the population of the Borough: to provide evidence-based smoking cessation service with expert support, including treatments and intensive behavioural advice - specialist service provide support to smokers and to have independent prescriber(s) to prescribe NICE approved prescription drugs; 2) Training & support to other providers: to provide training and competency support to other stop smoking service providers, e.g. pharmacies, based on the latest evidence; and workforce development to ensure health and social care professionals have the skills and knowledge to provide Very Brief Advice to smokers and encourage smokers to quit; 3) Prescribing, medicines, equipment and data management: to validate the data from other providers e.g. Pharmacy, co-ordination and administration of pharmacological prescription (FP10 & NRT vouchers) and calibration of CO monitors. This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process. The approximate lifetime of the contract is five years and the value of the contract for the existing service is £1,210,916. Existing provider. Additional information: This notice is an intention to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime - Most Suitable Provider process.
Has Options
Yes
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Options

Description
If the Authority wishes to extend this Contract, it shall give the Provider written notice of such intention before the expiry date. Option to extend 2 x 12 months

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC13

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Darlington Borough Council
Id
GB-FTS-143723

Identifier

Legal Name
Darlington Borough Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Town Hall, Feethams
Locality
Darlington
Region
UKC13
Postal Code
DL15QT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Rachael Johnson

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
07
Description
Health
Organisation 2
Name
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-NHS-RXP

Identifier

Legal Name
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Id
RXP
Scheme
GB-NHS

Address

Street Address
Hollyhurst Road
Locality
Darlington
Region
UKC13
Postal Code
DL3 6HX
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
Darlington Borough Council
Id
GB-FTS-51105

Identifier

Legal Name
Darlington Borough Council

Address

Street Address
Town Hall
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL1 5QT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
024157-2026-PB2026-00320-1
Title
Darlington Stop Smoking Service
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-RXP
Name
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
024157-2026-PB2026-00320-1
Award ID
024157-2026-PB2026-00320-1
Title
Darlington Stop Smoking Service
Status
active
Date Signed
16 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,210,916
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL15QT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC13

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 024157-2026award, contract ·