Notice Information
Notice Title
Neath Port Talbot and Swansea Substance Use (Drug & Alcohol) Alliance
Notice Description
An award has been made by by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council as procurement lead for the Western Bay Area Planning Board to appoint a partnership of providers to work collaboratively with to transform drug and alcohol clinical and support services across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Further details are set out in section II.2.4 below.
Lot Information
Lot 1
An award has been made by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council as procurement lead for the above process for the Western Bay Area Planning Board (the "Board") to work collaboratively with a partnership of providers (Barod Project with Kaleidoscope Project, Adferiad Recovery and Wallich-Clifford Community) to form an Alliance and radically transform drug and alcohol clinical and support services across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot for all people of all ages. The Western Bay Area Planning Board is a collaboration of partners who come together at a regional level to enable the planning, commissioning and delivery of substance use services. Members include Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (procurement lead), Swansea City and County Council, Swansea Bay University Health Board, His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service Wales, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, South Wales Police and Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue. The Alliance Agreement will be for a maximum of 10 years consisting of an initial period of 3 years (with an option to extend for a further period(s) of up to 3+3+1 years). It should be noted that the term of the Alliance Agreement is subject to the Alliance securing its Funding on an annual basis) and the terms and conditions of the Alliance Agreement, which allows for the early termination of the Alliance Agreement if the Funding cannot be secured at the annual review. The estimated contract value is for Well-being and recovery support interventions (Non-clinical services) which will be delivered by the Alliance bidding partners over a potential 10 year period subject to funding. The commissioning of this contract forms part of a total project value of approx GBP90M over 10 years. The clinical and social care elements are NOT in scope for this tender, but details are provided for information purposes to aid providers approach in working with partners. Additional information: The clinical and social care elements are NOT in scope for this tender, but details are provided for information purposes to aid providers approach in working with partners.
Options: While the funding envelope set by the Commissioners and Welsh Government is unknown in future years providers may be able to (pending funding) source additional resources. The Specification sets out the required outputs of the services and the Alliance Objectives. It is anticipated that the Council may require additional services from the Provider Participants throughout the duration of the Alliance Agreement that align with the Alliance Principles. Such changes will be required to account for the fluctuating demands of the service and the changing needs of the service users or changes to funding or policy decisions.
Renewal: The Alliance Agreement will be for a maximum of 10 years consisting of an initial period of 3 years (with an option to extend for a further period(s) of up to 3+3+1 years) subject to the Alliance securing its Funding (on an annual basis).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-043d5f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052017-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive dialogue
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85100000 - Health services
85300000 - Social work and related services
85310000 - Social work services
85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
85312320 - Counselling services
85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
85312500 - Rehabilitation services
85320000 - Social services
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £90,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £18,623,367 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jun 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Jun 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 2 Feb 20264 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
HIS MAJESTY’S PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE WALES
MID & WEST WALES FIRE & RESCUE
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SOUTH WALES
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORT TALBOT
- Postcode
- SA13 1PJ
- Post Town
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL42 South West Wales
- Delivery Location
- TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Electoral Ward
- Carmarthen Town West
- Westminster Constituency
- Caerfyrddin
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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