Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Family & Carers Service
Notice Description
Specialist Family and Carers service by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, which aims to support people affected by someone else's drug or alcohol use, and/or involvement in the illicit and illegal drugs trade. The service will work holistically with families and carers to help them: * Manage, cope with, and reduce the impact of substance use on the whole family unit. * Support loved ones through their substance use treatment and recovery journey. This will be achieved through a mix of structured 1-1 and group interventions and trauma- informed counselling, following a robust initial assessment and care planning process. Service users will also receive ongoing information, advice, guidance, advocacy, peer support, training, signposting, respite activities, crisis intervention and practical support.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract will include the option for the Authority to extend the contract by 24 months and again by 12 months. Therefore, the contract term is 24+24+12 months.
Planning Information
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council will be holding a market engagement session with attendees able to attend in person or virtually. A questionnaire for suppliers to confirm their attendance has been published on the OPEN portal : https://open-uk.org/opportunities/overview/public/54b9d33e-8705-4fdf-a2bc-b1be3800d532
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058503
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083749-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £770,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £770,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Dec 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-11-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- STOCKTON ON TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Jacob Headlam
- Contact Email
- jacob.headlam@stockton.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +441642526343
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STOCKTON ON TEES
- Postcode
- TS17 6BJ
- Post Town
- Cleveland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
- Delivery Location
- TLC11 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
-
- Local Authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Electoral Ward
- Mandale & Victoria
- Westminster Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083749-2025
17th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082740-2025
15th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078287-2025
28th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047587-2025
11th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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