--- title: "Drug and Alcohol Treatment services (Soft Market Testing) and Drug and Alcohol Recovery services (Soft Market Testing)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2024-10-03" --- # Drug and Alcohol Treatment services (Soft Market Testing) and Drug and Alcohol Recovery services (Soft Market Testing) Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88.json) ## Summary Birmingham City Council is in the planning stage for a public procurement process, seeking expressions of interest for their Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services. This soft market testing aims to understand the provider landscape for Birmingham's Adult Drug and Alcohol Services. The involved services fall under the industry category of Addiction treatment, Health and social work services, Health services, and Rehabilitation services. Targeted organisations include SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises. The services will be delivered in the West Midlands, UK. Interested parties should note that the engagement end date is 16 October 2024. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in addiction treatment and recovery services, particularly those capable of providing comprehensive care focused on therapeutic support and behavioural change. Additionally, businesses with experience in improving health, social well-being, and employment outcomes for individuals with substance misuse issues are well-suited. Participating in this soft market testing can help companies position themselves as key providers in future procurement exercises related to Birmingham’s Triple Zero Strategy, which aims for zero deaths, zero overdoses, and zero unmet needs due to addiction. ## Notice Birmingham City Council is seeking expressions of interest to inform commissioners of the provider landscape to understand the market, and to help identify suitable providers to deliver Birmingham's Adult Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services and Recovery Services. Our Triple Zero Strategy, sets out the Council's ambitions: - Zero deaths due to drug or alcohol addiction - Zero overdoses due to drug or alcohol addiction - Zero people unable to receive support for their addiction when they need it Our Adults Treatment Service is crucial to achieving our vision. Our current integrated service works with adults who misuse substance, including opiates, non-opiates and alcohol. It provides services that help adults successfully complete treatment and move towards recovery. The current contract comes to an end in September 2025 and this soft market testing is to inform our future services. There are 2 soft market testing exercises: 1. Drug and Alcohol Treatment services Birmingham's drug and alcohol misuse treatment services are based on an assessment of local need and a plan which is developed with local Drug and alcohol partnership. The service works to assess, plan and deliver support, care and specialised treatments to individuals with assessed or expressed needs. 2. Drug and Alcohol Recovery services Our Recovery services aim to support people recover from substance misuse through structured therapeutic support. This includes behavioural change programmes and coaching, to help people build resilience and connect with the local community. Recovery aims to: * Increase a person's ability to engage and stay in treatment, * Improve a person's health and social well-being, * Improve a person's employment outcomes and reduced re-offending. * Support those who need support with their own or someone else's drug and alcohol use Please click on the link below to complete the Questionnaire on MS Forms: Treatment Service: https://forms.office.com/e/0dUFBXPfnL Please click on the link below to complete the Questionnaire on MS Forms: Recovery Service: https://forms.office.com/e/RjXt2c53gv Closing date for submission of response is 12:00hrs (NOON) Wednesday 16th October 2024 This Soft Market Testing exercise forms part of research around the future commissioning options for the service(s) This exercise is purely investigatory in nature, although it may be used to assist the Council in delivery model, service viability and the potential routes to market under the Provider Selection Regime. Providing a response will not preclude your participation in any future procurement exercise. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/10896235-a623-4c8a-b071-40bb3e884786 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Oct 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B1 1BB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 33693300 - Addiction treatment - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85100000 - Health services - 85312500 - Rehabilitation services ## Release History - 3 Oct 2024 at 18:17 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/10896235-a623-4c8a-b071-40bb3e884786 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/10896235-a623-4c8a-b071-40bb3e884786 3rd October 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e59b61fe-9901-4ff6-bb46-a3d1f56c0410 Birmingham's drug and alcohol misuse treatment services are based on an assessment of local need and a plan which is developed with local Drug and alcohol partnership. The service works to assess, plan and deliver support, care and specialised treatments to individuals with assessed or expressed needs. - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cdadd3fd-4ecc-4231-aace-9f7d55ae2e56 Our Recovery services aim to support people recover from substance misuse through structured therapeutic support. This includes behavioural change programmes and coaching, to help people build resilience and connect with the local community. Recovery aims to: * Increase a person's ability to engage and stay in treatment, * Improve a person's health and social well-being, * Improve a person's employment outcomes and reduced re-offending. * Support those who need support with their own or someone else's drug and alcohol use - https://forms.office.com/e/0dUFBXPfnL Expressions of Interest Questionnaire Please click on the link to complete the Questionnaire on MS Forms for Treatment Services - https://forms.office.com/e/RjXt2c53gv Please click on the link to complete the Questionnaire on MS Forms for Recovery Services. ## Notice URLs - http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3adc1885-7cf1-4e56-bee6-0cd082714a88.json.