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All Age Alcohol and Drug Treatment Recovery Service

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

This public procurement record has 6 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

09 Sep 2026 at 18:04

Tender Notice
Award

22 Jul 2026 at 11:56

Award Notice
Tender

01 Apr 2026 at 12:34

Tender Notice
TenderUpdate

13 Mar 2026 at 11:35

Tender Notice
TenderUpdate

27 Feb 2026 at 16:20

Tender Notice
Planning

27 Feb 2026 at 12:21

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Rotherham Borough Council commissioned an all-age alcohol and drug treatment and recovery service for residents of the Borough of Rotherham, including people needing support with substance misuse involving prescribed or over-the-counter medication. The service covers prevention and education for professionals, family support, advice, screening, brief interventions, structured psychosocial interventions, pharmacological treatment, stabilisation, reduction, detoxification, relapse-prevention medication, care coordination and routes into residential rehabilitation. It requires distinct alcohol and drug pathways, a comprehensive community alcohol service linked to primary care, and delivery from a provider-established central base in Rotherham town centre and community venues. Pharmacy services for supervised medication consumption and GP practices delivering shared-care treatment form part of the operating model, alongside wider stakeholder and local-agenda support.

The procurement has reached the award and contract stage under the competitive Provider Selection Regime process. Rotherham Borough Council formally awarded the contract to Change Grow Live on 26 August 2026, following an open procedure and evaluation of one bid; the contract was signed on 21 July 2026. The contract starts on 23 January 2027 and runs to 31 March 2029, with extensions in any combination up to a maximum of 48 months. Its total value is £27,872,354.25, comprising £9,828,818.25 for the initial term and £18,043,536 for extensions. The evaluation weighted quality and innovation at 25%, integration, collaboration and sustainability at 25%, access and health inequalities at 20%, social value at 20%, and value at 10%, with pass/fail checks for GDPR, DPIA, ICO registration, real living wage and minimum standards.

This award indicates demand for a large, integrated community substance-misuse service serving all age groups through a single provider. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate established alcohol and drug treatment expertise, separate pathways aligned with national guidance and best practice, and the clinical capability to provide psychosocial and pharmacological interventions from screening through recovery and rehabilitation coordination. The operating model also favours suppliers able to work across primary care, pharmacies, GP shared-care arrangements, community venues, families, professionals and wider public-health partnerships. Strong mobilisation, clinical governance, service-user focus, information governance and data-protection practice are central requirements. Providers would also need a deliverable workforce plan, supply-chain management, measurable public-health and social-value commitments, and the ability to manage or novate relevant subcontracting arrangements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

All Age Alcohol and Drug Treatment Recovery Service

Notice Description

The Council requires an all-age Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery service. Specialised pathways will be developed by the service provider to ensure that all cohorts of service users, receive the support they need from a single provider regardless of how they enter the service. It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council requires an all-age Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery service. Specialised pathways will be developed by the service provider to ensure that all cohorts of service users, receive the support they need from a single provider regardless of how they enter the service. The service will deliver a range of interventions, including providing a wider prevention and education offer to other professionals, support to families and input to other local delivery agendas. The service will cover advice, treatment and recovery and will be available to all Rotherham residents who require support with substance misuse including problems with prescribed and over the counter medication. The service provider will be required to have recognisable separate alcohol and drug pathways to ensure that each service user cohort receives the best support in line with national guidance and best practice. The service provider will need to deliver a comprehensive community alcohol offer that will work in a primary care setting. The service provider will offer a complete range spanning information and advice, screening, brief interventions, structured psychosocial interventions and pharmacological treatments (including stabilisation, reduction, detoxification, relapse prevention medication and care co-ordination for residential rehabilitation). The service will be delivered in part from a central base, within Rotherham town centre, but also operate from community venues to improve accessibility. Both the central base and these venues are for the service provider to establish. The Council is looking to impose a requirement for sub-contracting, which may involve novation of some existing sub-contracts to the new service provider. The Council is not dictating which nominated sub-contractors shall be used. The new service provider will also be responsible for sub contracting of pharmacies to provide supervised consumption of medications and also for GP practices who deliver care to patients under a shared care agreement with the service provider's lead clinician in the service. It is the intention of the Council to award a contract to the new successful provider Change Grow Live. The provider has been identified following the completion of the evaluation process in line with the Key Criteria stated, following an openly advertised competitive process. The lifetime value of the contract is PS27,872,354.25. It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months. This will be determined by the Council as part of its commissioning options prior to the end of this contract. Additional information: In relation to II.2.5, it is important to note that price is not the only award criterion. All criteria were stated in the procurement documents and have been included in this notice at VI.3 for transparency.

Options: This will be determined by the Council as part of its commissioning options prior to the end of this contract. It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months.

Renewal: This will be determined by the Council as part of its commissioning options prior to the end of this contract.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e32
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085573-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

85111400 - Rehabilitation hospital services

85149000 - Pharmacy services

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£27,872,354 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£27,872,354 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
6 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
30 Mar 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
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
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ROTHERHAM
Postcode
S60 1AE
Postcode Area
Sheffield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE34 Rotherham
Delivery Location
TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Local Authority
Rotherham
Electoral Ward
Boston Castle
Westminster Constituency
Rotherham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Change Grow Live Services Ltd

Further Information

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