--- title: "AHS5124 - Combined Young People Services - Sexual Health and Substance Misuse" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "TOWER HAMLETS" published: "2017-03-30" --- # AHS5124 - Combined Young People Services - Sexual Health and Substance Misuse Buyer: TOWER HAMLETS Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7bd289e-c485-4f08-be02-a28bd36fb003.json) ## Summary The Tower Hamlets Council is initiating a tender for the project titled "AHS5124 - Combined Young People Services - Sexual Health and Substance Misuse." This procurement is categorised under health and social work services and will take place in Tower Hamlets, London. The tender period is scheduled to close on 2nd May 2017, with the contract expected to commence on 1st October 2017 and running until 1st October 2020. The total budget for this project is £3,500,000, and it aims to provide integrated health and wellbeing services for young people aged 10-19, focusing particularly on vulnerable individuals aged 19-25 years old. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in health and social services, especially those that specialise in youth support, sexual health, and substance misuse programmes. Both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to submit proposals, as the council seeks a collaborative approach in delivering comprehensive services that promote health, education, and welfare for young people. Businesses that can demonstrate experience in providing targeted interventions, education, and support tailored to this demographic will find themselves particularly well-positioned to compete successfully for this contract. ## Notice The Council require the services of an organisation or group of organisations to provide a comprehensive integrated health and wellbeing service for young people aged 10-19 (and particularly vulnerable young people aged 19-25 years old) in Tower Hamlets. The key objectives of the service are to: * Promote health and wellbeing through health promotion, education and, where appropriate, treatment for sexual ill health and substance misuse; * Provide a welcoming, accessible service with a clear culture of ongoing enquiry and challenge to 'normalised' harmful practices; * Provide brief interventions for young people engaging in behaviours that may become harmful to their health and wellbeing; * Identify and deliver targeted education and early intervention programmes to groups/individuals at risk; * Provide advice and information for young people and their parents/carers on exploratory risky behaviours including sexual health and substance misuse; * Ensure services are acceptable and accessible to people disproportionately affected by unintended pregnancy, sexual ill health and harms associated with substance misuse based on up to date needs assessment; * Enable those young people who are unable to stop using drugs to stabilise their drug use and minimise harm; * Provide testing and treatment programmes for children and young people that address sexual health and/or substance misuse needs (alcohol, drugs and tobacco); * Support service users' children and young people in returning to school/further education/training/employment to reduce the risk of relapse into harmful behaviours; * Participate in partnership working with other relevant agencies including mutually agreed reciprocal staff training where appropriate for key staff groups; * Transition into adult services, this will include contributing to transitional care plan; * Collect demographic data relating to behaviours, referrals, utilisation of services and programmes in addition to general service activity and quality data and provide this as part of the JSNA process in the local authority area; * Promote self-efficacy and health literacy. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/147e2803-fbee-4d0e-8563-944adfc97908 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Mar 2017 | | Submission deadline | 2 May 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2017 - 1 Oct 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £3,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | TOWER HAMLETS | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E14 2BG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Poplar | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 30 Mar 2017 at 14:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/147e2803-fbee-4d0e-8563-944adfc97908 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/147e2803-fbee-4d0e-8563-944adfc97908 30th March 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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