Family Focussed Substance Misuse Service (District Wide Drugs and Alcohol Prevention Treatment and Recovery Service)

Concepts

• health and social work
• wakefield
• district wide drugs
• substance misuse service
• alcohol prevention treatment and recovery service
• family focussed substance misuse service
• a family focussed substance misuse service
• alcohol
• drugs
• its parent and carer support services

Location

WAKEFIELD

Description

Restricted procedure (above threshold) Wakefield Council is reshaping its current young people substance misuse service and its parent and carer support services by procuring a family focussed substance misuse service (drugs and alcohol) The contract is anticipated to commence on 1 July 2020 for a period of 5 years. The Council may extend the contract for period of up to 5 years, such period/multiple of periods at the discretion of the Council, meaning the final possible expiry date is 30 June 2030.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

On the 22nd March 2024 the Government confirmed the Council would receive further funding pursuant to s31 of the Local Government Act 2003 to fund Year 2 of the Substance Misuse Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Project ('SSMTR Project'). A Memorandum of Understanding was entered into on the 28th March with the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID). A substantial proportion of the funding is to be used to increase services provided under the Contract with Turning Point to be selected from OHID's 'Menu of Interventions'. The funding is to be used for investment in drug & alcohol services to aid recovery for those with substance misuse problems by treating addiction as a chronic health condition, breaking down stigma, saving lives, and substantially breaking the cycle of crime that addiction can drive. The current Contract has a wide ambit of services. Turning Point is responsible for the delivery of drug prevention, treatment and recovery and is the only provider currently delivering drug treatment services in the Wakefield District. Service provision includes pharmacological and psychosocial interventions, harm reduction provision, diversionary activities and recovery support, all of which are expected to be enhanced as part of the SSMTR Project. The extra services are interdependent on the current provision and will be integrated within the current provision. Turning Point is already delivering a system wide approach to drug treatment and recovery with established pathways and information sharing agreements in place with a range of partners, which is crucial to the success of the Project, including employment, housing and criminal justice partners. Turning Point has a dedicated criminal justice team already linked to custody, court and prison services and is delivering diversionary activities to those drug users in the criminal justice system.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under 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 modification. This contract has now been formally modified. Decision made by Bernadette Smith No conflicts of interest were identified