Notice Information
Notice Title
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Contract
Notice Description
This notice is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process C. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality. Additional information: The value in this notice is the value for 10 years excluding VAT and excluding any fee uplift as per the terms and conditions. The Contract is for 10 years from 1st April 2026 to 31 March 2036.
Procurement Information
The process followed was Direct Award C under the Provider Selection Regime ( award to an existing provider). The term of the existing contract for Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery is due to expire on 31 March 2026 and Norfolk County Council proposes that a new contract is put in place to replace the existing contract at the end of its term. This is not a procurement for a Framework Agreement. The standstill will start on x and will finish on x being 8 working days following the date of publication of this notice. No conflicts of interest were declared for this procurement. The decision makers are:- Assistant Director, Public Health Commissioning and Head of Complex Transactions and Sourcing. A panel from Norfolk County Council was formed to decide whether taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, whether it was content that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract. The panel assessed amongst other matters, KPI performance and financial performance and concluded that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract to a sufficient standard. Basic selection criteria ( as per Schedule 16 of the Act) was also passed by Change Grow Live. The panel also assessed that the considerable change threshold as defined in the Act had not been met. Norfolk County Council then assessed whether Change Grow Live will likely satisfy the proposed new contract to a sufficient standard. On reviewing Change, Grow, Lives method statements for the proposed new contract, the panel assessed these as good, meeting the material requirements of the specification, evidencing good practice and being detailed and clear about what would be delivered and how. The panel were therefore content that the tests for a Direct Award 1C had been met and that a contract should provisionally be offered to Change Grow Live. The contract is for 10 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e02c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073438-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £70,991,740 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Nov 20253 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
- NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Sarah Hardy
- Contact Email
- sarah.hardy@norfolk.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1603223968
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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