Published date: 7 July 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 18 August 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£48,514,156

Procurement reference

PCC001-DN758583-79071896

Published date

7 July 2025

Closing date

18 August 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2026

Contract end date

31 March 2031

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

This procurement is being run in accordance with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 -Competitive Process. Peterborough City Council is commissioning an integrated all-age service covering treatment for drug and alcohol misuse covering all key substances as per the service specification and evolving trends in substance misuse. The treatment provider must work to help people make good progress towards their treatment goals and as measured by the National Treatment Progress Measure. As part of this the provider will agree and help deliver individual treatment goals to service users and provide structured treatment help users achieve these goals. The Provider will be required to deliver a service which empowers accessibility and has the flexibility to innovate services to address complexity and the changing landscape of substances and national trends. The provider may sub-contract some element of the service. The provider must work closely with a Look After Recovery Service (LERO), this is being commissioned separately.

The funding is structured into two parts PART A and B. Included in PART A, the Council is investing is own public health grant estimated to be £2. 406, 909 per year in years one to three. Alongside side this is additional grant funding received from other local and national funding sources know as PART B. This includes the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (Supplementary, Housing Support and Rough Sleeper elements), Hospital Liaison, Vulnerable Women's, Probation, Office for Police and Crime Commissioner Family Safeguarding, Smoking Cessation and Regional Detoxification Placements. Some of the Part B elements are already confirmed and more detail is available in the Invitation to Tender Pack. Funding from other sources principally central government funding from the National Strategy from Harm to Hope is not guaranteed but will be invested subject to confirmation from central government later in the year. Bidders are asked to submit proposals on the anticipation this funding is provided but, on the understanding, this may be subject to change.. To be clear there is no commitment or guarantee by the Council of funding levels that fall within Part B.


How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.


About the buyer

Contact name

Jan Thistleton

Address

Sand Martin House
Bittern Way
Peterborough
PE2 8TY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1733864553

Email

Jan.Thistleton@peterborough.gov.uk

Website

https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/supply-opportunities