Award

Provision of trauma, anxiety and depression counselling for individuals accessing substance use services

HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL

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TenderUpdate

20 Mar 2026 at 10:31

Award

02 Mar 2026 at 17:11

Summary of the contracting process

Hartlepool Borough Council is the buying organisation for a contract focused on providing trauma, anxiety, and depression counselling services to individuals accessing substance use services. This procurement falls under the 'Health and social work services' industry category and is classified as a service project. The contract has been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023 through a direct award process without the prior publication of a call for competition. The contract period extends from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028 with a possibility of a 12-month extension depending on performance and funding. Key collaborations involve working with adult, children’s social care, primary, and secondary care sectors to ensure comprehensive support for service users and their families. These interventions emphasise high-quality, evidence-based methodologies conducive to long-term recovery.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for firms specialising in psychological counselling and health services. Particularly, businesses with expertise in dual diagnosis models and collaboration with health sector partners will find this opportunity well-matched to their capabilities. The ability to offer flexible and high-quality services to a diverse client base, including those with complex long-term health conditions, is crucial. With a projected contract value of £107,214, the project seeks service providers like Alliance Psychological Services Ltd, who can deliver efficient mental health support alongside maintaining strong partnerships with secondary mental health services and local health systems. Businesses that can demonstrate innovation in collaborative care and capacity building will be at an advantage in fulfilling this service contract.

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Notice Title

Provision of trauma, anxiety and depression counselling for individuals accessing substance use services

Notice Description

Develop, implement and provide a service model which delivers trauma, anxiety and depression counselling to individuals accessing substance use services: * Develop a model that facilitates individuals to progress through the different levels of service support, which recognise their achievements throughout their recovery journey. * Ensure all interventions, at all level of service are high quality, evidence-based, appropriate to need and delivered in a way that reduces risk and is non-restrictive, in order to enable service users and their families to fully progress along their recovery journey. * Ensure that collaborative working with key partners s are embedded within an individual's treatment and recovery, in order to maximise their capacity to sustain long term recovery from mental health needs. * Work in partnership with adult social care to ensure that long term health conditions are identified, addressed and the impact of care needs are understood and planned for through evidence based collaborative approaches and pathways. * Work in partnership with primary and secondary care to ensure that health needs are identified, addressed and planned for through evidence based collaborative approaches and pathways. * Work in partnership with children's social care and early help to embed pathways that identify risk early and work with the family to develop family plans to reduce risk for children * Provide a flexible offer which engages, and is accessible to, those groups who do not engage in treatment * Collaborate at least quarterly with the commissioner to identify and set priorities based on commissioning intentions, evidence base, demand, local health need and the engagement and feedback from individuals, families, communities and the local system.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) This is a fundamental service for the dual diagnosis model in Hartlepool which provides improved access for people accessing START to efficient primary mental health support. The service provider works extremely closely with secondary mental health services TEWV and PMHT as well as other partner agencies to reduce health inequalities. Individuals are offered choice when it comes to mental health pathways, their treatment and support. Service users take an active part in the development or their care plans from initial assessment to discharge. The service provider has a requirement to understand the health care needs of those using substances and having a mental health need in Hartlepool and offer additional services accordingly, such as access to groups and psychotherapy. Hartlepool Borough Council are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award C (under PSR) for the period 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2028 with options of one 12-month contract extensions dependent on performance and available funding; with a value of PS107,214

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-066037
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025611-2026
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
SME

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£107,214 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Mar 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Mar 20262 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HARTLEPOOL
Postcode
TS24 8AY
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
Hartlepool
Electoral Ward
Victoria
Westminster Constituency
Hartlepool

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ALLIANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

Further Information

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