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title: "Contract for the Gateshead Recovery Partnership, Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service for Adults"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0786eb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GATESHEAD COUNCIL"
published: "2026-10-13"
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# Contract for the Gateshead Recovery Partnership, Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service for Adults

Buyer: GATESHEAD COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0786eb

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## Summary

Gateshead Council commissioned an integrated drug and alcohol recovery and wellbeing service for adults and families, delivered in Gateshead. The service is intended to promote recovery through an ambitious, recovery-focused culture among its workforce. It brings drug and alcohol support together with wider recovery and wellbeing provision, serving adults and families. The buyer is Gateshead Council, and this requirement sits within adult health and social care services. The contract is for the Gateshead Recovery Partnership, an integrated local service rather than a supply of goods or construction work.

The process has reached the award stage: Change, Grow, Live was selected through the Provider Selection Regime’s direct award process C, without a call for competition. The contract was signed on 23 September 2026. Its value is £22,608,760. Services are intended to run from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2029, with three optional 12-month extensions. The evaluation gave 100% weighting to whether the existing provider was meeting the original contract and was likely to deliver the proposed contract to a sufficient standard; price carried 0%. The published assessment also records quality and innovation (35%), value (15%), integration and sustainability (25%), access and health inequalities (15%), and social value (10%). One bid was recorded.

For suppliers considering similar future work for Gateshead Council, credibility will depend on delivering an integrated adult drug and alcohol service with recovery and wellbeing at its centre, serving both adults and families. The selected provider was the existing contractor, and the assessment placed decisive weight on evidence that it was performing satisfactorily and could continue to meet the required standard. A strong competitor would therefore need demonstrable service quality and innovation, alongside the ability to sustain and integrate provision with health, social care and voluntary and community sector partners. The council also values improved access, reduced health inequalities, meaningful choice and social value. The rationale highlights the commercial advantage of economies of scale, including shared provision with other North East local authorities and links to a larger national charity; suppliers should be equipped to demonstrate value within that context.

## Notice

Gateshead Council have commissioned a fully integrated recovery and wellbeing focused drug and alcohol Service for adults and families that has a culture of ambition and belief in recovery, which is promoted among the service workforce.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Gateshead Council have commissioned a fully integrated recovery and wellbeing focused drug and alcohol Service for adults and families. We are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS22608760. Dates between which the services are intended to be provided: 01/11/2026 to 31/03/2029 (29 months) with options to extend 3 x 12 months.

### 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 23/10/2026. 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/096722-2026 |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| 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 | £22,608,760 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GATESHEAD COUNCIL |
| Locality | GATESHEAD |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE8 1HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Gateshead |
| Electoral ward | Bridges |
| Westminster constituency | Gateshead Central and Whickham |
| Delivery location | TLC22 Tyneside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Change Grow Live Services Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 16:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096722-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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