Specialist Stop Smoking Service

Description

The Authority must exercise a number of health service functions set out in section 2B of the NHS Act 2006 and the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations. In order to satisfy these obligations, the Authority wishes to secure the provision of the Specialist Stop Smoking Services.
Specialist Stop Smoking Services contribute to the ambitions of the Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping. This includes the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which is currently going through parliament (2024) 
Under the Provider Selection Regime, where an existing Provider can be directly awarded a contract (under DA process C) where the following criteria are satisfied:
•	The existing provider is satisfying the existing contract to a sufficient standard. 
•	The existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria.
In the opinion of the service lead officer and the Contract Management Officer the existing provider satisfies these criteria.