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title: "Substance Misuse All-Age Recovery Coordination Service (AARCS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045461"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# Substance Misuse All-Age Recovery Coordination Service (AARCS)

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045461

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## Summary

The Essex County Council has awarded a contract for the Substance Misuse All-Age Recovery Coordination Service (AARCS) to The Children's Society and Open Road Visions. This contract falls under the Health Care Services category and is aimed at providing a comprehensive support service for individuals with alcohol and drug dependence issues. The contract has an active status, with a total value of £14,919,051 and was signed on 24th October 2016. The service delivery duration is set at 180 days.

This procurement opportunity presents a chance for businesses in the health services sector to engage with the Essex County Council in delivering essential community health services. Companies with experience in providing support for vulnerable adults and young people with addiction issues, as well as related services such as criminal justice, housing, education, and employment support, are well-suited to compete. The procurement stage is currently at the award stage, indicating that the contract has been successfully awarded to the selected suppliers, The Children's Society and Open Road Visions, offering growth prospects to businesses in the community health services industry.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The All Age Recovery Co-ordination Service (AARCS) is a fully integrated service for both adults and young people needing support with alcohol and or drug dependence. AARCS provides a broad range of community-based support and interventions, including engagement with wider partner agencies to aid and enhance sustained recovery, including criminal justice, housing, education, training, employment and mentoring support. AARCS also makes a significant contribution to ECC's commitment to safety, for example, delivering advice and education to children and young people, as well as other preventative approaches to break the cycle of inter-generational dependency, thereby interrupting the supply and demand for drugs, and in turn reducing the risk of those being drawn into offending behaviour and/ or criminal exploitation. Importantly, the Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs), a community treatment order for drug misusing offenders is delivered by this service and provides an important element of both community safety and the effective rehabilitation of offenders. The model for delivery of the service supports the Council's commitment to place based working. Providing peripatetic support, from satellite and co located settings across the County to deliver community based interventions which can be adapted and flexed to meet the specific needs of individuals and groups within the local area.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013107-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2016 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £14,919,051 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | TLH3 Essex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | OPEN ROAD VISIONS; THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 23 Apr 2024 at 10:33 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013107-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.essex.gov.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:999999-2099:TEXT:EN:HTML

## Provenance

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