Audits of tobacco, vapes and other nicotine products

{
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR",
    "name": "Department of Health \u0026 Social Care"
  },
  "date": "2026-01-08T13:28:52Z",
  "id": "001466-2026",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0601e2",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1H 0EU",
        "region": "UKI32",
        "streetAddress": "39 Victoria Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Public authority - central government",
            "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE"
          }
        ],
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care"
      },
      "id": "GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PMQG-9965-CHZR",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "name": "Department of Health \u0026 Social Care",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "tender"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "aboveThreshold": false,
    "description": "We intend to procure a supplier to inform the development of future statutory instruments which will make use of new regulation-making powers included in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.  The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking to procure audits of the current UK consumer market for tobacco, vape and other consumer nicotine products, across a range of parameters.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "datePublished": "2026-01-08T13:28:52Z",
        "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "tenderNotice",
        "format": "text/html",
        "id": "001466-2026",
        "noticeType": "UK4",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001466-2026"
      }
    ],
    "enquiryPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-01-22T17:00:00Z"
    },
    "id": "C396227",
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "description": "Market research services",
            "id": "79310000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          },
          {
            "description": "Tobacco, tobacco goods and supplies",
            "id": "15990000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "country": "GB",
            "countryName": "United Kingdom",
            "region": "UK"
          }
        ],
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "description": "Full information is available in the Invitation to Tender documents.  Following the Technical Envelope (The quality evaluation), Tenders will be assessed on a \u2018Price per Quality Point\u2019 (\u201cPQP\u201d) basis."
        },
        "contractPeriod": {
          "endDate": "2026-09-22T23:59:59+01:00",
          "maxExtentDate": "2026-12-22T23:59:59Z",
          "startDate": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z"
        },
        "hasOptions": true,
        "hasRenewal": true,
        "id": "1",
        "options": {
          "description": "The Authority may extend the contract for a period of up to 3 Months. The conditions of the contract shall apply throughout any such extended period and is at the sole discretion of the Authority."
        },
        "renewal": {
          "description": "The Authority may extend the contract for a period of up to 3 Months. The conditions of the contract shall apply throughout any such extended period and is at the sole discretion of the Authority."
        },
        "selectionCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "See Invitation to Tender documents"
            }
          ]
        },
        "status": "active",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true,
          "vcse": true
        },
        "value": {
          "amount": 110000.0,
          "amountGross": 132000.0,
          "currency": "GBP"
        }
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Below threshold - open competition",
    "status": "active",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "Invitation to Tender Documents can be found on the Atamis eSourcing portal here - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome\nTenders must be submitted via the Atamis eSourcing portal here - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome",
    "submissionTerms": {
      "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed"
    },
    "tenderPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-02-05T12:00:00Z"
    },
    "title": "Audits of tobacco, vapes and other nicotine products",
    "value": {
      "amount": 110000.0,
      "amountGross": 132000.0,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  }
}