Health and social work services

Tender description

The Contract is to provide a recovery focused Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Service (‘the Service’) that will improve the health and well-being of non-opiate, opiate and alcohol users. The Service shall use a holistic approach including specialist treatment and recovery focused support assisting Service Users to identify and build on their strengths and optimise treatment outcomes by developing and sustaining recovery capital alongside the provision of good quality, evidence based treatment interventions in line with guidance and local protocols. The Service shall aim to prevent problematic substance misuse and dependency whilst enabling Service Users to be free from substance dependency and sustain long term recovery. The Council of the London Borough of Redbridge (‘the Authority’) invites suitably qualified and experienced organisations to Tender for the Contract for the Provision of an Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Service in the London Borough of Redbridge (‘the Contract’). The Contract is to provide a recovery focused Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Service (‘the Service’) that will improve the health and well-being of non-opiate, opiate and alcohol users. The Service shall use a holistic approach including specialist treatment and recovery focused support assisting Service Users to identify and build on their strengths and optimise treatment outcomes by developing and sustaining recovery capital alongside the provision of good quality, evidence based treatment interventions in line with guidance and local protocols. The Service shall aim to prevent problematic substance misuse and dependency whilst enabling Service Users to be free from substance dependency and sustain long term recovery. Tenderers shall be experienced in providing similar services and shall also be required, as part of their Tender, to complete a Selection Questionnaire containing information about their economic and financial standing, technical capability and other general information. The Authority shall assess this Questionnaire prior to evaluating the remainder of the Tender to establish that the Tenderer is financially viable and technically capable of undertaking a contract of this nature. Only those providers who satisfy the minimum requirements of the Questionnaire, including but not limited to satisfying the mandatory and discretionary grounds from exclusion from the procurement process detailed in Appendix 1 to the Selection Questionnaire and meeting the minimum financial threshold specified in Appendix 2 to the Selection Questionnaire, will have the remainder of their Tender evaluated in accordance with the Contract Evaluation Criteria The budget available for the Contract is between 2 100 000 GBP and 2 600 000 GBP per annum and is dependent on activity. Those submitting a Tender shall be required to perform all requirements of the Contract within the budget available for the Contract. However, Tenders will be judged on value for money and the Contract may be awarded to organisations who submit lower priced Tenders where the quality of the Service is assured. Any Tenders submitted above the allocated budget for the Contract will not be accepted. The Authority believes that the provisions of the European Acquired Rights Directive and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (As Amended) (‘TUPE’) will apply to this Contract. The Authority also believes that as a result of this the appointed provider will have obligations in respect of providing access to the Local Government Pension Scheme or equivalent. The successful provider will also be required to comply with their obligations under TUPE and the new Fail Deal in relation to the NHS Pension rights of the transferring staff and to do so within the available budget. The Contract will be subject to Payment by Results (PbR). Full details are contained in the Tender Documents. Social Value Act: The Provider shall operate an Apprenticeship Scheme throughout the term of the contract. The Provider shall employ apprentices and provide work based training programmes to enable apprentices to acquire skills to obtain employment.