All Age Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• south yorkshire
• barnsley recovery steps
• the adult substance misuse service
• the community drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service
• alcohol
• recovery
• drug
• toxic substances monitoring
• toxic substances rehabilitation

Location

Barnsley

Description

This is not an opportunity, but a VEAT notice to inform the market that Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is intending to award the provision for the delivery of the Community Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service (known as Barnsley Recovery Steps) and the Multiple and Complex Needs Supported Accommodation Provision (25 years+).

Total Quantity or Scope

This is not an opportunity, but a VEAT notice to inform the market that Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Authority) is intending to award the provision for the delivery of the Community Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service (known as Barnsley Recovery Steps) and the Multiple and Complex Needs Supported Accommodation Provision (25 years+). The contract will include the Adult Substance Misuse Service (currently known as Barnsley Recovery Steps), the Young Peoples’ Substance Misuse Service (currently delivered in house by the Authority) and the Multiple and Complex Needs Supported Accommodation (25 years+). The Authority wish to directly award the contract to Humankind Charity for the following period: Contract Start Date: 1st April 2024 Contract End Date: 31st March 2029 Option to Extend until 31st March 2031 The total value of the contract is based on an estimated value. The total value includes contributions from key partners however 24/25 onwards allocations have not yet been confirmed. Therefore, the contract value may reduce dependent of the confirmation of allocation. The total value of the contract also includes the OHID SSMTR and IPS grant funding up to 24/25. As the continuation of this grant funding beyond 24/25 has not been confirmed, the following years have been estimated. Should the SSMTR and IPS grants not continue the total contract value would need to be recalculated and would reduce accordingly.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 90743100 - Toxic substances monitoring services
• 90743200 - Toxic substances rehabilitation services

Indicators

Legal Justification

The Authority believes that the decision to award a new contract to Humankind Charity for the provision of an All Age Community Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service is permitted pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The section below sets out the technical reasons required by Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) that the Authority would rely on to justify its decision. (i) In February 2022, OHID announced significant new investment (through the SSMTR Grant) which is aimed at delivering a world-class treatment and recovery system, through rebuilding local drug treatment and recovery services, over the life of the new national 10-year drug strategy. The only option available to the Authority to effectively implement this change immediately in line with the grant requirements, was to work with the existing well-performing providers, and the proposals described within this notice will enable this joint work to continue and build on the investment already completed in 2022/23. (ii)In addition to the funding confirmed for 2022/23, OHID announced increased indicative amounts for 2023/2024 and 2024/2024. The Council, working with the existing provider and key local partners, were required to develop an effective 3-year plan to implement the funding (including a recruitment and workforce strategy). New contractual arrangements with the existing provider are therefore required to implement the final year of this plan and deliver the intended targets, outcomes and requirements of the national drug strategy in addition to achieving best value.   This will enable the joint work to continue and build on the investment already allocated. (iii) Humankind Charity is best placed to ensure this collaboration continues and services are developed so that the Council can effectively deliver the strategy ambitions and meet people’s needs at a local level within the specified timescales of the grant funding. As a registered social landlord Humankind Charity also has extensive experience of delivering Multiple and Complex Needs Supported Accommodation services in Barnsley and other areas. (iv)The long-term contractual arrangements described within this notice align with the timescales of the new national strategy, provides certainty to the drug and alcohol workforce and drives innovation within the service. In addition, it provides both the Council, key partners and Humankind Charity the opportunity to strengthen integration and partnership work within the local health system and other partnership structures / arrangements. (V)This proposal enables Barnsley to continue to benefit from a high-performing service, whilst preventing significant disruption to service users. It is well-documented and evidenced at a regional and national level, that service performance drops when significant contractual changes occur.  This would also cause a loss of value and momentum to the joint development work that has already taken place, along with the risk of not achieving the strategy requirements and outcomes. (VI) A competitive procurement process and potential change of service provider would result in a disruption to the relationships and programmes that the contract has developed at a time when a seamless, integrated approach is critical. Change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience, disruption for service users and staff and/or substantial duplication of costs. The incumbent provider is meeting the current outcomes and performance indicators associated with the contract and can scale up service delivery to meet the extra capacity requirements of this additional funding. Not directly awarding the contract could negatively impact the delivery of drug and alcohol treatment as described and require implementing a contingency arrangement resulting in significant difficulty and duplication of costs.