II.2.1) Title

Lot 1 - Drug and Alcohol Integrated Recovery-Oriented System of Care (Adults)

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90743200

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF11

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Adult and Children and Young Person's Drug & Alcohol Integrated Recovery-Oriented System of Care - made up of 2 Lots:

Lot 1 - Drug and Alcohol Integrated Recovery-Oriented System of Care (Adults)

This service will provide an Integrated Substance Use Recovery Orientated System of Care to people aged 18 and above who reside in Derby. The service will provide a range of evidence-based interventions to individuals requiring support with experimental and recreational, hazardous/harmful and high-risk/dependent substance use.

Lot 2 - Integrated Children and Young Person's Drug and Alcohol System of Care

This service will provide an integrated continuum of substance use interventions to young people and young adults under 25, who reside in Derby - allowing them to access substance use support at the most appropriate level to their needs.

Contract start date:

1 April 2026

Contract end date:

31 March 2031

Contract type:

Service contracts for existing services that will be awarded to new providers.

Please note the value of this notice (£34.2m) is inclusive of VAT. The exclusive of VAT amount is £28.5m.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 70

Price / Weighting:  30

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance, funding and business needs. Maximum contract period, therefore, is 5 years.

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

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 16th October 2025. 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.'

Written representations should be sent to the following:

Contact Name: Procurement (Teresa Gerrard, Head of Procurement)

Derby City Council

Corporation Street,

Derby

DE1 2FS

Telephone: 01332 640768

Email: procurement@derby.gov.uk

The decision has been made by a multi disciplined panel made up of local authority officers, including the Assistant Director of Public Health, Public Health Commissioners, Public Health Managers and key external stakeholders. There were no conflicts of interest declared.

The invitation to tender documentation detailed the qualification and assessment criteria, each bidder had to:

• comprehensively complete the Selection Questionnaire (parts 1 to 4, including upload acceptable alternative documents where applicable), pass all Pass / Fail questions and meet the required standard for scored questions in the Selection Questionnaire

• meet the required minimum scores in relation to Quality as set out in the Award Criteria;

• ensure the bid did not exceed the available budget and met the affordability criteria

The award criteria, used to evaluate the bids and select a successful bidder to which the Council intends to award the Contract, were designed to allow the selection of the bid that represents the most economically advantageous tender, rather than lowest price alone. This evaluation was based on a combination of quality and financial criteria as set out below:

• Price 30%

• Quality 70%

The quality criteria were broken down by the key quality aspects, these were weighted by relative importance.

The chosen providers ranked the highest.

II.2.1) Title

Lot 2 - Integrated Children and Young Person's Drug and Alcohol System of Care

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90743200

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF11

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Adult and Children and Young Person's Drug & Alcohol Integrated Recovery-Oriented System of Care - made up of 2 Lots:

Lot 1 - Drug and Alcohol Integrated Recovery-Oriented System of Care (Adults)

This service will provide an Integrated Substance Use Recovery Orientated System of Care to people aged 18 and above who reside in Derby. The service will provide a range of evidence-based interventions to individuals requiring support with experimental and recreational, hazardous/harmful and high-risk/dependent substance use.

Lot 2 - Integrated Children and Young Person's Drug and Alcohol System of Care

This service will provide an integrated continuum of substance use interventions to young people and young adults under 25, who reside in Derby - allowing them to access substance use support at the most appropriate level to their needs.

Contract start date:

1 April 2026

Contract end date:

31 March 2031

Contract type:

Service contracts for existing services that will be awarded to new providers.

Please note the value of this notice (£34.2m) is inclusive of VAT. The exclusive of VAT amount is £28.5m.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 70

Price / Weighting:  30

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance, funding and business needs. Maximum contract period, therefore, is 5 years.

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

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 16th October 2025. 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.'

Written representations should be sent to the following:

Contact Name: Procurement (Teresa Gerrard, Head of Procurement)

Derby City Council

Corporation Street,

Derby

DE1 2FS

Telephone: 01332 640768

Email: procurement@derby.gov.uk

The decision has been made by a multi disciplined panel made up of local authority officers, including the Assistant Director of Public Health, Public Health Commissioners, Public Health Managers and key external stakeholders. There were no conflicts of interest declared.

The invitation to tender documentation detailed the qualification and assessment criteria, each bidder had to:

• comprehensively complete the Selection Questionnaire (parts 1 to 4, including upload acceptable alternative documents where applicable), pass all Pass / Fail questions and meet the required standard for scored questions in the Selection Questionnaire

• meet the required minimum scores in relation to Quality as set out in the Award Criteria;

• ensure the bid did not exceed the available budget and met the affordability criteria

The award criteria, used to evaluate the bids and select a successful bidder to which the Council intends to award the Contract, were designed to allow the selection of the bid that represents the most economically advantageous tender, rather than lowest price alone. This evaluation was based on a combination of quality and financial criteria as set out below:

• Price 30%

• Quality 70%

The quality criteria were broken down by the key quality aspects, these were weighted by relative importance.

The chosen providers ranked the highest

Derby City Council

The Council House, Corporation Street

Derby

DE1 2FS

UK

Telephone: +44 1332640768

E-mail: procurement@derby.gov.uk