Published date: 18 May 2021
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
BN7 1UE
Value of contract
£240,960
Procurement reference
ESCC - 032382 - AWARD
Published date
18 May 2021
Closing date
6 April 2021
Closing time
4pm
Contract start date
3 May 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Care Navigation Service is being commissioned by East Sussex County Council using funding from Project Adder. The scope of the project is to provide a range of interventions that address and reduce the harm caused by the supply and use of heroin and crack cocaine in Hastings, East Sussex. The government's Shared Outcomes Fund is designed to test innovative approaches to address cross-cutting issues affecting society. This includes funding totalling £28 million to help join up agencies to break up serious and organised crime gangs whilst tackling addictions due to a focus on drug misuse. The Home Office will work with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Public Health England (PHE) to pilot an intensive whole system approach to tackling drug misuse in select locations worst affected by drug misuse, alongside national activity to disrupt the supply of drugs. Hastings has been identified as one of four pilot locations for this funding due to high rates of drug deaths and high rates of heroin and crack cocaine use.
The care navigation service is being commissioned in order to provide support for those who are part of the Project Adder cohort to engage with the wider health and social care system. There is a strong evidence base which demonstrates the links between harm caused by opiate and crack use and the individuals with multiple complex needs within a community. There is a low engagement rate with wider health and social care interventions within this cohort. The wider health and social care system is vital in addressing the root causes of opiate and crack cocaine use. The service provider will assemble a service which will support individuals to engage with the wider health and social care system in order to maximise and sustain their recovery from opiate and crack use and to minimalise the chance of relapse. This will be achieved by the construction of a buddying system delivered by peers with lived experience of using services, overseen by a co-ordinator. This team will provide support to make, attend and engage with services as well as providing an advocacy function.
The budget for this contract is £125,718 per annum up to 31 March 2023.
Award information
Awarded date
28 April 2021
Contract start date
3 May 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£0
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
East Sussex Veterans Hub
Address
37 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards on Sea, GB, United Kingdom, TN37 7BL
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Amy Wilkinson (ESCC)
Address
St Anne's Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1UE
United Kingdom
Telephone
01323 466788
amy.wilkinson@eastsussex.gov.uk
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Closing: 6 April 2021, 4pm