Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Rotherham Borough Council
Riverside House, Main Street
Rotherham
S601AE
UK
Contact person: Lorna Byne
Telephone: +44 1709334159
E-mail: lorna.byne@rotherham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE31
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
All Age Alcohol and Drug Treatment Recovery Service
Reference number: 25-192
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council requires an all-age Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery service. Specialised pathways will be developed by the service provider to ensure that all cohorts of service users, receive
the support they need from a single provider regardless of how they enter the service.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
27 872 354.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111400
85149000
85312500
85323000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE31
Main site or place of performance:
Within the Borough of Rotherham - The service will be delivered in part from a central base, within Rotherham town centre, but also operate from community venues to improve accessibility. Both
the central base and these venues are for the service provider to establish.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council requires an all-age Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery service. Specialised pathways will be developed by the service provider to ensure that all cohorts of service users, receive
the support they need from a single provider regardless of how they enter the service.
The service will deliver a range of interventions, including providing a wider prevention and education offer to other professionals, support to families and input to other local delivery agendas. The service will cover advice, treatment and recovery and will be available to all Rotherham residents who require support with substance misuse including problems with prescribed and over the counter medication.
The service provider will be required to have recognisable separate alcohol and drug pathways to ensure that each service user cohort receives the best support in line with national guidance and best practice. The service provider will need to deliver a comprehensive community alcohol offer that will work in a primary care setting.
The service provider will offer a complete range spanning information and advice, screening, brief interventions, structured psychosocial interventions and pharmacological treatments (including stabilisation, reduction, detoxification, relapse prevention medication and care co-ordination for residential rehabilitation).
The service will be delivered in part from a central base, within Rotherham town centre, but also operate from community venues to improve accessibility. Both the central base and these venues are for the service provider to establish.
The Council is looking to impose a requirement for sub-contracting, which may involve novation of some existing sub-contracts to the new service provider. The Council is not dictating which nominated sub-contractors shall be used. The new service provider will also be responsible for sub contracting of pharmacies to provide supervised consumption of medications and also for GP
practices who deliver care to patients under a shared care agreement with the service provider's lead clinician in the service.
It is the intention of the Council to award a contract to the new successful provider Change Grow Live. The provider has been identified following the completion of the evaluation process in line with the Key Criteria stated, following an openly advertised competitive process.
The lifetime value of the contract is £27,872,354.25.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months. This will be determined by the Council as part of its commissioning options prior to the end of this contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This will be determined by the Council as part of its commissioning options prior to the end of this contract.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 23/01/2027 and will run for a period of 26 months and nine (9) days making the expiry date 31/03/2029. The extension rights in this contract will be in any combination of extension(s) up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
In relation to II.2.5, it is important to note that price is not the only award criterion. All criteria were stated in the procurement documents and have been included in this notice at VI.3 for transparency.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-030324
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 25-192
Title: All Age Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/07/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Change Grow Live
03861209
North Suite First Floor, 1 Jubilee Street, Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1GE
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 27 872 354.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 by 03/08/2026. 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.
The award decision as a result of the outcome of the evaluation was taken by the Director of Public Health within the Adult Care, Housing and Public Health Directorate.
There were no conflict of interests identified in relation to the individual making the decision.
The evaluation was comprised of the Key Criteria as set out in Regulation 5 - Key Criteria of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and listed below from the
published tender documents.
The Council identified the most advantageous tender using this criteria.
Key Criteria 1 - Quality and Innovation - Criteria Weighting 25%
Q1. Service Mobilisation - Question Weighting 40
Q2. Quality Standards including Clinical Governance - Question Weighting 30%
Q3. Service User Focus - Question Weighting 30%
Q4. Information Governance (GDPR) - Data Handling - Pass/Fail Q5. Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) - Pass/Fail
Q6. ICO Registration - Pass/Fail
Total Question Weighting 100
Key Criteria 2 - Value - Criteria Weighting 10%
Q1. Best Value - Question Weighting 50%
Q2. Supply Chain Management - Question Weighting 50%
Total Question Weighting 100
Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Criteria Weighting 25%
Q1. Integration with Stakeholders - Question Weighting 50%
Q2. Workforce - Question Weighting 50
Total Question Weighting 100
Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Key Criteria Weighting 20%
Q1. Service Model - Question Weighting 50%
Q2. Public Health Ambitions - Question Weighting 50%
Total Question Weighting 100
Key Criteria 5 - Social Value - Key Criteria Weighting 20%
Q1. Quantitative Social Value Commitment Question Weighting 30%
Q2. Qualitative Social Value Delivery - Question Weighting 70%
Q3. Real Living Wage - Pass/Fail
Q4. Minimum Standards Charter - Pass/Fail
Total Question Weighting 100
Total Key Criteria Weighting 100
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Independent Patient Choice & Procurement Panel
NHS England, PO Box 16738
Redditch
B97 9PT
UK
E-mail: england.choice@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/07/2026