Purpose

The contract for
RBWM’s current Stop Smoking Service ends on 31March 2024.
 The RBWM Public Health went out to tender for a new Stop
Smoking Service on Friday 15 September 2022 to appoint a new
provider to deliver the Stop Smoking Service from the 1st
April 2024, the total contract price was £480k (£120k
per annum) for an initial 2-year period, with the option of a
possible extension of 1+1 years.
On 4 October 2023 the
government announced that it is investing an additional £70
million per year to support local authority-led stop smoking
services.  For RBWM, this will result in receiving an
indicative £128k per annum between 2024/25 -2028/29. And so,
the financial envelope of the RBWM Stop Smoking Service may be
increased up to £248k per annum. Due to this announcement, it
was also decided to increase the duration of the contract by a
further year, meaning that the contract term will now be 2+1+1+1.
The minimum contract value of the Stop Smoking services will now
exceed £600k (excluding the indicative funding from the
government), therefore meeting the relevant threshold to now be
considered as a Key Decision.
 
Public Health are now
seeking approval from Cabinet to approve delegated decision-making
authority to be granted to the Executive Director of Adult Services
and Health and the Cabinet Member for Adults Services, Health and
Housing, to approve the outcome of the current Stop Smoking
Procurement. 
 

Content

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and
delegated authority to Kevin McDaniel (Executive Director of Adult
Services and Health (DASS)) in consultation with Councillor Del
Campo (Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing
Services) to approve the outcome of the current Stop Smoking
Procurement exercise.