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title: "Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Recovery Communities (North West)"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000843968"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Glasgow City Council"
published: "2026-10-21"
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# Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Recovery Communities (North West)

Buyer: Glasgow City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000843968

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## Summary

Glasgow City Council commissioned a peer-led alcohol and drug recovery support service for North West Glasgow. North West Recovery Communities delivers support through volunteers with local knowledge and lived experience of alcohol or drug use. The service provides recovery-focused activities for individuals and families affected by alcohol- and drug-related harm, including recovery cafés and events, with funding supporting access to local venues. The provider identifies unmet needs and service gaps, works with statutory and third-sector organisations, and helps people move between prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, employment and education support. It also represents lived-experience perspectives in service and system planning, and develops community-owned arrangements intended to sustain local recovery support.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded directly to North West Recovery Communities. Glasgow City Council used a limited procedure without publishing a call for competition, citing the bespoke, peer-led model and the risk that a competitive process could disrupt support for service users and volunteers. No award criteria were applied. The contract is active and was signed on 23 September 2026. Its stated term is four years, with a further two-year extension option described in the requirement. The contract value is £480,000, including extensions; the stated annual value is £80,000. One supplier was awarded the single North West Glasgow requirement. The procurement record reports one bid, from an SME.

This award shows demand for a locally rooted, peer-led recovery service that can support people affected by alcohol and drug harm and connect them with wider services across Glasgow. A credible provider needs volunteers with relevant lived experience and local knowledge, and the ability to organise recovery activities, cafés and events in community venues. It must identify unmet needs, use service-user insight to shape support, and work effectively with statutory bodies, third-sector partners and recovery networks. The requirement also favours capacity to represent lived experience in operational and strategic forums, maintain clear pathways between services, and build resilient, community-owned delivery. Demonstrable social value and measurable contribution to a connected recovery system are central to the model.

## Notice

This is a peer-led recovery support service delivered by volunteers with local knowledge and lived experience of alcohol and/or drug use. Recovery Communities will collaborate with statutory services, third-sector partners, national recovery networks, and the wider Glasgow Recovery-Oriented System of Care to ensure individuals can access the full range of supports they need. This includes system-wide pathways into prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery support, employability and education. Clearly defined, actively maintained, and well-communicated pathways will enable individuals to move easily between services as their needs change, reducing barriers, preventing disengagement, and strengthening recovery outcomes across Glasgow's communities.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Recovery Communities will: -Provide a wide range of recovery-focused activities and supports for individuals and families affected by alcohol and/or drug-related harm. -Identify unmet needs and service gaps, using lived experience insight to shape responsive service development. -Build and sustain collaborative partnerships with statutory and third sector organisations to support a cohesive, recovery-oriented system of care. -Empower lived experience voices to contribute meaningfully at operational, strategic and systems level forums. -Develop self-sustaining structures, ensuring continuity, community ownership and long-term resilience. -Demonstrate sustainability and measurable impact, contributing to a stronger, more connected recovery landscape across local communities.. The contract term is 4 years with option to extend for a further 2 years. The annual value is 80,000 and maximum total contract value including extensions is 480,000 GBP The funding supports the organisation to secure venues in the local communities it serves and to offer recovery cafes and events that are of significant value to people with lived and living experience of alcohol and/or drug use.

### Procurement Information

The Service Model offered by this micro organisation Recovery Community is peer led and progressing to tender for such bespoke social care services would have created unnecessary uncertainty to individuals using the Recovery Communities for support and the network of peer volunteers. This could have resulted in the de-stabilisation of support and service delivery arrangements to individuals in drug and alcohol recovery. . This is a direct award and there were no award criteria.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567105 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 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 | £480,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Glasgow City Council |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 1DU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | North West Recovery Communities |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85310000 - Social work services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567105

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567105
  Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Recovery Communities (North West) - This is a peer-led recovery support service delivered by volunteers with local knowledge and lived experience of alcohol and/or drug use. Recovery Communities will collaborate with statutory services, third-sector partners, national recovery networks, and the wider Glasgow Recovery-Oriented System of Care to ensure individuals can access the full range of supports they need. This includes system-wide pathways into prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery support, employability and education. Clearly defined, actively maintained, and well-communicated pathways will enable individuals to move easily between services as their needs change, reducing barriers, preventing disengagement, and strengthening recovery outcomes across Glasgow's communities.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.glasgow.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000843968

## Provenance

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