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title: "SOL Drug & Alcohol Services 2027"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eb28"
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buyer: "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council"
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# SOL Drug & Alcohol Services 2027

Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eb28

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## Summary

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is procuring an integrated drug and alcohol prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery service for adults, young people and families in Solihull. The service covers adult drug and alcohol treatment and recovery, criminal justice pathways, family support, and children and young people’s substance misuse services. It includes access routes through healthcare, social care, schools and the criminal justice system; personalised medical, psychological, social and emotional support; family and carer involvement; coordination with partner agencies; and harm-reduction measures such as advice, needle exchange, supervised consumption, medication support, blood-borne virus testing and vaccination. This is a health and rehabilitation service, classified under CPV 85312500, delivered in Solihull.

The process has reached an intention to award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, using direct award process C under Regulation 9 rather than the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The intended supplier is Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The contract was signed on 18 August 2026 and is recorded as active, although the notice states that formal award remains subject to the PSR standstill process; provider representations were due by midnight on 7 September 2026. The planned term is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with an option to extend to 31 March 2033. The approximate lifetime value is £19,919,750, while the recorded contract value is £9,821,836. The single lot is marked cancelled. Evaluation placed 100% weight on the existing provider’s quality and suitability, with cost weighted at 0%.

This requirement indicates demand for a large, integrated substance-misuse service managed across public health, healthcare, social care, mental health, children’s services and criminal justice partners. A credible future competitor would need clinical governance and the ability to deliver evidence-based pharmacological and psychosocial interventions, needs and strengths-based assessments, co-produced recovery plans and comprehensive harm reduction. It would also need established referral pathways, strong progression from referral to assessment, reliable engagement and retention, and the capacity to provide responsive services across adults, young people, families and offenders. Evidence of effective data use, targeted work with high-risk groups, reduced health inequalities, partnership working, service continuity, prevention, efficiency and measurable social value would be important when this requirement next reaches the market.

## Notice

For the provision of an integrated prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery service addressing the needs of adults, young people and families affected by drug and/or alcohol use in Solihull. The service delivers statutory treatment functions aligned with the national Drug Strategy and OHID guidance, covering adult drug treatment and recovery, adult alcohol treatment and recovery, criminal justice pathways, family service, and children and young people substance misuse services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Solihull's integrated prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery service addresses the needs of adults, young people and families affected by drug and/or alcohol use in Solihull. The service delivers statutory treatment functions aligned with the national Drug Strategy and OHID guidance, covering adult drug treatment and recovery, adult alcohol treatment and recovery, criminal justice pathways, family service, and children and young people (CYP) substance misuse services. 

Objectives of the service: 

To provide access to individuals or families in need. In particular to ensure that pathways to help are available for: patients within healthcare services (primary and secondary care), clients of social care agencies, vulnerable young people (e.g. those in LA care, young offenders or those excluded from school) and offenders within the criminal justice system. 

To actively support individuals identified as dependent upon drugs or alcohol in hospital settings to access the drug and alcohol service in the community. 

To ensure that individualised packages of treatment and support are offered to those seeking help, whether individuals or families, which meet the highest standards of care and demonstrate excellent results. 

To provide harm reduction services to substance misusers including: advice and information, needle exchange facilities, supervised consumption and administration of medication, Blood Borne Virus (BBV) testing and vaccination. 

To provide treatment and support which encompasses all domains of need (medical, psychological, social and emotional) and is fully and seamlessly integrated across those domains. 

To ensure that, in the treatment of any individual, their family/carer/friends are engaged wherever possible as active partners in the intervention plan. 

To ensure that effective liaison and co-ordination of intervention is assured between the treatment service and other agencies working with an individual. Including adult Care and support, Children's services, criminal justice system, mental health services primary and acute healthcare 

Solihull Council are intending to award this contract to the existing provider of this service, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) following direct award process C under PSR Regulations 2023 Regulation 9. 

The approximate lifetime value of the contract comprising initial term of 3 years up to 3 years extension, is PS19,919,750. The level of grants and funding may change over the life of the contract, dependent on the Public Health Grant + Drug & Alcohol ringfence from the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC). 

The contract is intended to provide the service on an initial term of 3 years and 1st April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with the option of extending up to a maximum of 3 years to 31 March 2033.

### 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 4 September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081447-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £9,821,836 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | SOLIHULL |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B91 3QB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull |
| Local authority | Solihull |
| Electoral ward | St Alphege |
| Westminster constituency | Solihull West and Shirley |
| Delivery location | TLG32 Solihull |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2026 at 15:29 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081447-2026
- 25 Aug 2026 at 09:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080664-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk
- http://www.solihull.gov.uk
- https://solihull.my.site.com/s/

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