DHSC: OHID: National Training for Stop Smoking Practitioners

The Department of Health and Social Care is looking to appoint a provider for a National Training Function to Support the Ongoing Provision of High-quality Stop Smoking Services in England

A national training function is required to enhance and maintain the quality and consistency of stop smoking interventions delivered across the country, providing specialist stop smoking practitioners with the knowledge and skills to deliver effective evidence-based interventions.

Intended contract term: 3 years and months (1st April 2023 to 31 March 2026) with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 1 year (3+1+1)

Estimated contract value (including extensions): £935,000 exclusive of VAT, £1,122,000 inclusive of VAT

The Department of Health and Social Care is issuing this early engagement to seek information and feedback from the market to gain better understanding of the intelligence, costing model and appetite for this project.

For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming DHSC procurement and seek feedback from the market that may inform the final specification and/or procurement approach to the services.

A Market Engagement Questionnaire, a presentation and draft Specifications are attached to this notice.

The completed questionnaire can be returned via email michael.murphy@dhsc.gov.uk quoting 'W9730 National Training Function for Stop Smoking Practitioners'. The deadline to submit the questionnaire: no later than 2nd December 2022, 12:00:00 GMT.

NOTE: this market engagement process does not form part of the formal procurement process. When the formal procurement process commences any supplier may join the competition and all supplier Tenders will be evaluated on the same basis. The contractual opportunity will be available in the future via DHSC Atamis eTendering System.

You can select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so.