Health services

Tender description

South Tyneside Council is looking to recommission services to address the misuse of substances including alcohol, novel psychoactive substances (NPS), illicit drugs and misused prescription medication. A summary of the services to be delivered under this contract include, but are not limited to: — Stabilisation and assessment, — Recovery and re-integration, — Harm reduction, — Psychosocial interventions, — Structured day care, — Substitute prescribing including related drug and prescribing costs, — Supervised Consumption, — GPs Shared Care, — Residential and Community Detoxification, — Residential rehab pathways, — Complex needs, — Non user support pathways, — Criminal Justice based interventions to reduce offending and re-offending, — Hospital based alcohol services, — Brief interventions and advice. The procurement will be undertaken under Chapter 3 of the 2015 Public Contracts Regulations (Light Touch Regime), under an Open procurement procedure. In order to achieve a fully integrated service model, the Council is seeking to award the contract to one organisation or consortium. The initial contract will be for 4 years, with the option to extend by a period or periods of up to 36 months. The Council has submitted a bid to the Life Chances Fund for funding to provide an innovative network of support and treatment for the most chaotic and vulnerable substance misusers in the Borough. It was unknown at the time of tender whether this bid had been successful. If the Council is successful in securing additional funding, the Council reserves the right, if appropriate to do so, to incorporate this additional service within this contract The Contract Price would be adjusted accordingly.