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title: "Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07885a"
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buyer: "Hull City Council"
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# Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery

Buyer: Hull City Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07885a

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## Summary

Hull City Council is seeking a provider for drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services in Hull. The service is intended to support treatment engagement, recovery and improved health outcomes, while reducing drug- and alcohol-related harm. It contributes to Hull’s wider treatment and recovery system and is designed to connect behaviour-change support with treatment, healthcare, recovery and criminal justice pathways. Work includes helping people referred from prison access community treatment and rehabilitation, strengthening harm reduction and treatment capacity, and supporting recovery. The service is intended to work across health and enforcement partners, with improved care pathways between drug treatment, healthcare and criminal justice settings. The procurement is for health and rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500), delivered in Hull.

The process reached tender: Hull City Council invited offers through a restricted procedure under the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime, using Direct Award Option C. The contract has not yet formally been awarded; the published process is an intention to award. The buyer set 27 October 2026 as the deadline for representations, by midnight. The anticipated contract period is 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2029. The stated estimated contract value is £187,500. The service is arranged as one lot, with no renewal or additional purchase options. Evaluation uses pass/fail criteria for quality and innovation, value, integration and sustainability, improving access and reducing health inequalities, and social value. Bids were to be submitted electronically in English; variants were not allowed.

This requirement suits a provider able to deliver an accredited, evidence-based drug and alcohol programme, supported by quality systems including ISO accreditation. The service calls for a peer-led approach, digital innovation and a proven, cost-effective delivery model, with stable pricing and a focus on long-term system efficiency. Providers need to integrate with existing local treatment, healthcare and criminal justice pathways, maintain established partnerships, and work effectively with the local authority and other providers. Experience reaching underserved groups and engaging people with high support needs is important, alongside flexible delivery and capacity to contribute to improved treatment access, harm reduction and recovery. The service also values a workforce with lived experience and credible employment and volunteering pathways that generate social value.

## Notice

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended 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 Procurement Act do not apply to this award. In accordance with Regulation 10 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Hull City Council is looking to award a contract under the Direct Award Option C process as the Council is able to identify the existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery. The contract is anticipated to commence 1st November 2026 ending by 31st March 2029. The Authority has estimated the value of the services to be PS187,500. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers (please email procurementteam@hullcc.gov.uk) by midnight on 27th October 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This service contributes to Hull's drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system, aligned to the UK Government Drug Strategy From Harm to Hope, supporting improved treatment engagement, recovery outcomes, and reductions in drug- and alcohol-related harm. The updated model strengthens whole-system integration, ensuring that structured behaviour change interventions are embedded effectively within treatment, recovery, healthcare, and criminal justice pathways. Specifically to: * Increase successful recovery outcomes and harm reduction * To improve health outcomes for service users Objectives: Hull's treatment & recovery system has the following aims * Take a whole-system approach between health and enforcement partners to engaging people who use drugs into treatment and support their recovery. * Improve the uptake of treatment individuals who are referred from prison to community based treatment including referral directly from prison to inpatient and residential rehabilitation provision. * Increase number of community sentence treatment requirements. * Enhance harm reduction provision. * Increase pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity. * Increase integration and improved care pathways between the criminal justice, and other settings, and drug treatment. * Increase integration and improved care pathways between healthcare settings and drug treatment. * Increase treatment capacity to respond to increased diversionary activity, including through out of court disposals and liaison and diversion. * Enhanced recovery support.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097389-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 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 | £187,500 |
| Lots value | £187,500 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Hull City Council |
| Locality | HULL |
| Postcode area | Hull |
| Postcode | HU1 1AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| Local authority | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| Electoral ward | St Andrew's & Docklands |
| Westminster constituency | Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice |
| Delivery location | TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 11:43 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097389-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hullcc.gov.uk
- https://yortender.eu-supply.com/

## Provenance

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