Darlington Stop Smoking Service

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.

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.