Market Engagement - Smoking Cessation Service Oxfordshire

Description

Oxfordshire County Council’s smoking cessation contract is due to expire in summer 2025. The Council requires on-going services and are intending to re-commission a smoking cessation service. It is important to ensure that a newly commissioned service meets current and future needs by building upon evidence , national guidance , Oxfordshire’s Smoke Free Strategy and local insight , whilst also developing and delivering new and innovative ways of working with our priority communities for successful quits. In addition, the Government made a commitment to double local authority funding for smoking cessation in 2023; therefore Oxfordshire County Council are utilising the opportunity to extend and expand their smoking cessation service using funding from the Stopping the Start; Smokefree 2030, Section 31 Grant. We would therefore welcome views from providers that are keen to build upon our great work in this area. The aim of this exercise is to understand the provider market, current and emerging practice, as well as the likely level of interest in the procurement activity the Council is due to carry out. To support this, potential tenderers are asked to complete a short survey to understand the size of the market and to gather value insight into market capacity and capability, as well as to understand how the Council can best meet its service objectives. We would appreciate an opportunity to develop relationships with you as providers and gain insights into how organisations and the Council could approach provision of a smoking cessation service for Oxfordshire. This will help the Council to develop a service model that is both sustainable and leverages the markets capabilities and capacities. Feedback from this market research will be provided via an online session in August. The Invitation to Tender for these services is anticipated to be published in November 2024. Keywords: Smoking, Cessation, Support, Quit