Community Alcohol and Drugs Services

This notice is published using the Procurement Act 2023 template for transparency purposes. The procurement will be conducted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (“PSR”) using the Competitive Process route (Regulation 11).

Community Alcohol and Drug Services encompasses specialist prevention, treatment and recovery services for adults and young people which will be split in to 2 Lots.

Lot 1 Community Drug and Alcohol Services (Adults)

Full range of evidence based Open Access Prevention and Structured Community Treatment services for adults to reduce harm, prevent death and promote recovery, to include:

Open Access for people who use drugs, affected others and support for other professionals– online chat, telephone helpline, outreach ,drop in, needle exchange and harm reduction services, aftercare and recovery support

Structured community treatment to include pharmacotherapy and structured psychosocial interventions in primary and secondary care, criminal justice interventions

Estimated numbers 4,000 p.a.

Lot 2 Community Drug and Alcohol Services (Young People)

Full range of evidence based Open Access Prevention and Structured Community Treatment services to reduce harm, prevent death and promote recovery for young people up to the age of 18 and in transition, to include:

Schools programme- including policy support to schools, reducing drug related schools exclusions and detached provision to schools who require

Open Access for people who use drugs, affected others and support for other professionals– online chat, telephone helpline, outreach ,drop in, needle exchange and harm reduction services

Structured community treatment to include pharmacotherapy and structured psychosocial interventions in primary and secondary care (estimated numbers 160)

Support to Youth Justice Service

Note: Estimated values do not reflect any uplifts or predictions for annual adjustments based on any indexation adjustment clauses and these services are considered to be exempt from VAT.