East Lancashire Substance Use Treatment Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• preston
• east lancashire
• east lancashire substance use treatment service
• lancashire county council
• service users
• recovery orientated adult substance misuse treatment services
• the wider east lancashire partnership
• a recovery-orientated community substance misuse treatment service
• use

Location

Preston

Description

The commission of: Recovery Orientated Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Services in East Lancashire. Lancashire County Council has a responsibility to make sure we do those things that will make the most difference in reducing poverty, discrimination, and inequality, and improving the quality of life for local people. This service is being commissioned at a time of great change and uncertainty in public finances. As such the contents of the Service Specification will be subject to review over the lifetime of the contract. Lancashire County Council expects a flexible and community focussed approach by the provider in such circumstances. The service specification describes a recovery-orientated community substance misuse treatment service for East Lancashire. The provider is expected to pro-actively integrate into the wider East Lancashire partnership in order to maximise the outcomes for service users, their families and carers and local communities. The initial contract period is 3 years with an option to extend for a period(s) of 2 years, and an additional option to extend for a period(s) of up to a further 2 years. The total maximum period of the contract is 7 years. Circa budget p/a 5 000 000 GBP.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:Since the contract was originally concluded there has been a national policy shift which requires local authorities in England to increase access into drug and alcohol treatment services. This national policy shift has been underpinned by the introduction of additional grant funding, which was not made available when the contract was originally awarded. The funding is predicated on the achievement of specific targets, including increasing the number of people accessing treatment and staff capacity within service provider organisations. There is a strong national steer and indication from the provider market that entering into procurement activity before the current funding cycle has been concluded will lead to providers pausing th