Trafford Council Smoking Cessation

Trafford Council is looking to award a number of contracts across a number of groups that have higher smoking rates in Trafford. The target groups include:
1. Deprived communities
2. Gypsy, Irish Traveller and Roma Communities
3. Care Leavers
4. Criminal Justice/Probation Service Users
5. Employers with higher smoking rates i.e. route and manual workers
6. Homeless community
7. Substance misuse clients
8. Unpaid carers
9. Wider groups. Any other group you can show has higher smoking (or other tobacco products) rates than the general population
Trafford Council is looking to target as many of these groups as possible and will look to allocate contracts in a way that allows the maximum number of groups to be targeted.
Procurement is being undertaken under the Light Touch Regime.
Please note this tender will be restricted to VCSE organisations. This includes non-profits, charities, social enterprises, community interest companies or other organisations that prioritise social impact over profit.
Trafford Council is acutely aware that it is our VCSE sector that has unique access to residents in our communities that are disadvantaged in terms of their health. Trafford Council is looking for bids from organisations that already have this established link into local communities and are operating on those grass roots to ensure project success. Smoking cessation will not work with specific communities as a stand-alone service. Trafford Council would like to commission from services that are already established, and that local residents from disadvantaged groups trust and engage with, in order to embed smoking cessation within their wider work. Please note no provider is to submit more than three bids and any one bid must not exceed more than £50K per annum in contract value.
Providers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, access the tender documents and submit their bids no later than 6th February 2025 at 12 noon.