This report seeks approval to award the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant – Specialist Provision contract to the provider with the highest weighted score in the tender evaluation process: The ‘preferred provider’.
The new specialist smoking cessation service for underserved populations will initially focus on Severe Mental Illness (SMI), Substance Misuse and Homeless populations. The service will retain the option to expand its remit to include additional underserved populations over the course of the contract, subject to compliance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR)
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Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £1,000,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 07/11/2024
Decision due: Not before 9th Dec 2024 by Interim Assistant Chief Executive Officer
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care
Lead director: Interim Assistant Chief Executive Officer
Department: Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Contact: Carlos Bailey, Senior Commissioning and Contracts Officer, Public Health Email: carlos.bailey@croydon.gov.uk Email: carlos.bailey@croydon.gov.uk.