Drug and Alcohol Community Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• keynsham
• treatment services
• drugs
• a holistic young peoples substance use service
• synthetic opioids preparedness and drug related death prevention
• alcohol
• community
• drug
• psychoactive substances

Location

Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire:

Description

The Authority wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Services. The key requirements of the service are: A community-based adult substance use service responsive to identified local needs (to include, but not be limited to and according to emerging needs: alcohol, opiate, non-opiates,psychoactive substances, prescription and over the counter drugs as well as image andperformance enhancing drugs) which will provide both medical and psychosocialinterventions for harm reduction and recovery. (T2, T3 and providing access to T4 provisionfor adults and young people) Manage Shared Care provision in GP practices. Ensure specific provision for complex needs (including co-occurring mental health and substance use diagnosis). A holistic young peoples substance use service (for people up to the age of 25 years) with clear and seamless transitional arrangements. Support for families and carers of people using drugs and alcohol. Access to residential detoxification and rehabilitation and management of the placement budget. An effective and responsive outreach and harm reduction offer for all, whether in treatment or not, including direct delivery and pharmacy provision, naloxone programme, synthetic opioids preparedness and drug related death prevention. Manage pharmacy contract. Community pharmacists provide a service to dispense, support and monitor the consumption of opiate substitute treatment medication. And the pharmacy needle exchange programme, this service provides access to sterile needles and syringes, and a sharps container for the return of used equipment to promote safe injecting practice and reduce transmission of infections. A free programme of Drug and alcohol training and support for schools A free programme of training to support the wider workforce increase early identification and referrals into treatment, reduce stigmatisation and better understand the needs of this vulnerable group of people. Provide a blood borne virus programme ensuring hepatitis B vaccinations and hepatitis B and C screening are available to all entering or engaged with treatment services regardless of the presenting substance.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process The approximate lifetime value of the contract. is £17,500,000 This a retender for an existing service albeit with a revised specification The intention is to award the contract to a new provider; Services to run from 1/4/2025 to 31/3/30 with an option to extend by a further 2 years The Authority wishes to award a Contract for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Services.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority via the following email address: procurement@bathnes.gov.uk by midnight on 25/11/25. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR Award decision-makers; Philip Gardener Procurement & Commissioning Manager Celia Lasheras Development & Commissioning Manager Gilles Bergeron Development & Commissioning Manager Kate Richards Public Health Registrar Tracey Bidgood Team Leader - Connecting Families Paul Sheehan Development & Commissioning Manager Leanne Sheppard Health Improvement Officer Sarah Heathcote Development & Commissioning Manager Ann Robins Strategy & Commissioning Manager Heidi Limbert Children Centre Service Manager Judith Parr Children Centre Coordinator Ellie Weyman Development and Commissioning Manager Adi Day Health Improvement Officer Milly Carmichael Health Improvement Officer Chris Chatten Project Manager Louise Husband Business Manager Liz Beazer Senior Finance Manager All involved in evaluation were issued with conflict of Interest declarations, no conflicts identified. Key Award Criteria Key Award Criteria Weighting Quality and Innovation Service Delivery Model 25% Service Penetration 10% Staffing 10% Improving access, reducing inequalities and facilitating choice Measuring Outcomes / Service Improvement 15% Integration, collaboration and sustainability Governance 15% Mobilisation 10% Social Value Social Value Activities Return 2.50% Managing and Monitoring Social Value 2.50% Value Pricing Schedule 5% Demonstrating Value 5% The preferred bidder achieved the highest overall score after evaluation of all tenders.