Decision details

Ipswich Borough Council have been granted funds to deliver healthy behaviour services by Suffolk County Council. These services are delivered in partnership with the Suffolk District and Borough Councils. The

services available through this grant are entitled Feel Good Suffolk.

Under the Feel Good Suffolk Service, behaviour change, smoking cessation, adult weight management and physical activity interventions are made available for residents to access to support their health and wellbeing in their locality.

To support the delivery of Feel Good Suffolk and meet the intended outcomes for reducing the number of smokers in Ipswich, further to the behaviour support offered through the service, an intervention specifically

to support individuals in Ipswich hoping to stop smoking services is required to provide a well-rounded offer.

Following an invitation to tender procurement process, using Suffolk e-sourcing, Contracts Finder and FaTS, one quotation was received to supply 355 places on an evidence-based, digital stop smoking intervention. The tender was assessed and evaluated by Officers and a decision was made to award the contract to Allen Carr.

To award the contract to Allen Carr at a value of £24,999.00.

Reason:

To ensure a sufficient offer to support people to stop smoking is available in Ipswich, that meets the outcomes of the Healthy Behaviours grant supplied to Ipswich Borough Council.