Published date: 8 January 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£10,150,000

Procurement reference

NSOMS001-DN428969-19563347

Published date

8 January 2020

Closing date

9 October 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Service will provide both pharmacological and psychosocial programmes for the addiction and dependence
to illicit substances and alcohol.
The Service will continue to have the overarching aim of reducing the harms caused by drug and alcohol use.
More specifically it will; prevent early mortality caused by drug and alcohol use; reduce levels of dependence;
reduce levels of drug and alcohol crime; reduce demand on social care; improve the lives of children of
parents with drug or alcohol problems; reduce the spread of infections associated with drug use; reduce
hospital admissions and increase the number of people entering employment and positively contributing to
the community. The Service will be key in supporting the attainment of the Government's goals of eradicating
homelessness and Hepatitis C.
The Service will target the full spectrum of substance use problems, from 'recreational' drug use and lower risk
alcohol consumption to severe poly-substance dependence. This broad focus will be reflected in the Service
adopting and combining both the harm reduction and recovery approaches to service delivery. It is expected that
the new Service will increase the level of attention given to early interventions (i.e. primary prevention).
The Service will continue to provide, within the scope of available funds, a holistic programme of treatment
and support, this will include such things as support for families and carers, physical health care, mental health
support, and access to training and employment programmes.
The Contract Manager has been working closely with a significant number of stakeholders involved to create
a specification that not only reflects the new budgetary requirements but allows the providers to consider how
they might best meet the outcomes defined by the Contract Manager. The specification will therefore be a hybrid
version of a requirement based specification and an outcome based specification. The Council believes that
Providers are best placed to design the service that best supports the required contract outcomes within the
parameters of the fixed contract price.
The contract outcomes that the Council is seeking to achieve are detailed within the tender documents which are freely available on our procurement portal www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk. The contract term is 5 years with options to extend by a further 2 years. The contract start date is April 2020. All communication with regards this opportunity must be made via our procurement portal. This tender will be made public on Wednesday 4 September via our procurement portal www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Adult Community Based Drug & Alcohol Treatment Service

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 September 2019

Award information

Awarded date

7 January 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£10,150,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Addaction

Address

EC1M 4DH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Nicola Scribens

Address

Town Hall
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1UJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1275885208

Email

nicola.scribens@n-somerset.gov.uk

Website

http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/