PH0172 - Stop Smoking Service - AWARD

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the provision of a Stop Smoking Service.

To be able to view the tender documents and submit a response prospective suppliers will need to be registered on the In-Tend e-tendering Portal:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

If any problems are encountered with registering on to In-Tend, viewing the documents or submitting a response please call the In-Tend Help Desk on 0844 2728810

Tender responses should be submitted via the In-Tend e-tendering Portal by 13:00 hours on 12 November 2018.

Brief Description of the Service Requirements

Operating as a preventative and a clinical programme that focuses on behaviour change; Sandwell Stop Smoking Service has a vision of enhancing health and wellbeing, improving physical and psychological quality of life and reducing the risk of disease and illness in individuals, families and communities.

The new Sandwell Stop Smoking Service aims to be an efficiently delivered universal service which prioritises the needs of smokers and oral tobacco users in our population that need the service the most.

Core to service delivery is innovation and flexibility to respond to emerging developments such as advances in technologies, new research findings and newly identified needs.

It is expected that at the start, there will be 3 elements to service delivery:

o Training, that adheres to recommended standards, to make every contact that frontline staffs have with clients count. The success of this will be measured by the number and quality of referrals made to the service

o Engagement of key stakeholders in the tobacco control and smoking cessation agenda. This success of this will be measured by the number of individuals, groups and communities engaged by the service provider to facilitate positive developments to increase the number of smokers treated and to reduce the prevalence of smoking in Sandwell.

o Intensive cessation support that is delivered to high quality standards by adequately trained persons.