Miscellaneous health services

Tender description

The primary aim of the service is to provide an offer of support to priority smokers in the population through a combination of behavioural support (individual face-to-face, digital applications, online, telephone, text message) and pharmacotherapy (e.g. patches) to manage nicotine withdrawal. This combined approach has been shown to be highly effective in improving long-term quit rates. In doing so it can achieve these objectives: • reduce the impact of smoking on health of individuals and those around them; • reduce inequalities by targeting groups where smoking prevalence is higher; • protect children from smoke by working with pregnant women and their partners, not to smoke. Children are three times more likely to smoke if their parent smokes; • reduce the impact of smoking related health conditions on the NHS and Adult Social Care. The procurement process is described in the procurement documents and in accordance with OJEU Directives and Oxfordshire County Council Policy. Tenderers were invited to tender for the provision of the services described at description II.1.4). Specification for a term of 3 years with an option for the Council to extend for up to 2 years in aggregate, anticipated to commence with an Implementation and transition period 1 January 2021 — 31 March 2021 and service commencement date from 1 April 2021 — 31 March 2024.